BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. Nurlan
Sauranbayev has been reappointed Minister of Transport of
Kazakhstan.


According to the press service of the Kazakh president,
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the corresponding
decree.


On August 28, the Government of Kazakhstan resigned before the
newly elected unicameral parliament - the Kurultai.


Sauranbayev was born on May 20, 1967. He graduated from the
Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov. From 1997 to 2011,
he worked at national companies in the railway and oil and gas
sectors.


From 2011 through 2014, he served as Vice Minister of Industry
and New Technologies of Kazakhstan, and from 2014 to 2016 as Deputy
Minister of Defense.


Sauranbayev served as akim (mayor) of Shymkent from 2017 to
2018. From 2019 to 2021, he headed the Department of State Control
and Organizational-Territorial Affairs within the Administration of
the President of Kazakhstan.


On June 30, 2025, Sauranbayev was appointed Minister of
Transport of Kazakhstan by presidential decree.


The following government appointments were also made today:


Serik Zhumangarin was reappointed Deputy Prime Minister -
Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan.







Jaslan Madiyev retained his position as Deputy Prime Minister -
Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of
Kazakhstan.


Dauren Kossanov was reappointed Minister of Defense of
Kazakhstan.


Erzhan Sadenov was reappointed Minister of Internal Affairs of
Kazakhstan.


Ghalymzhan Koishybayev retained his position as Deputy Prime
Minister - Head of the Government Office of Kazakhstan.


Nurlybek Nalybayev was reappointed First Deputy Prime Minister
of Kazakhstan.


Kanat Bozumbayev was reappointed Deputy Prime Minister of
Kazakhstan.


A nationwide referendum on the adoption of Kazakhstan's new
Constitution was held on March 15, 2026. The new Constitution
officially entered into force on July 1, 2026.


Under the new constitutional model, the position of Vice
President was introduced, while the Kazakhstan People's Council was
established as the highest constitutional consultative body
representing the interests of the people of Kazakhstan. The former
bicameral parliament, consisting of the Mazhilis and the Senate,
was transformed into a unicameral Kurultai.