BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 3. Erlan
Sarsembayev has been reappointed Minister of Justice 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.


Sarsembayev was born in 1975 in Almaty Region. He graduated from
the Almaty Institute of Energy and Communications and the D.A.
Kunaev Humanities University.


From 1998 to 2002, Sarsembayev served in officer positions. In
2002, he joined the Office of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan,
where he worked as a consultant and head of a sector until
2005.


From 2005 to 2011, he worked at the Office of the Senate of the
Parliament of Kazakhstan, serving as deputy head of a department
and head of a department. From 2011 to 2016, he held senior
positions in Kazakhstan’s national security agencies.


In 2016, Sarsembayev returned to the Office of the Senate, where
he served as head of a department from 2016 to 2017. From 2017 to
2019, he was Deputy Head of the Office of the Senate of the
Parliament of Kazakhstan, and from 2019 to 2022, he again headed a
department at the Senate Office.


From 2023 to 2025, he served as a judge of the Constitutional
Court of Kazakhstan. On January 9, 2025, he was appointed Minister
of Justice of Kazakhstan by presidential decree.


The following government appointments were also made today:


Nurlan Sauranbayev was reappointed Minister of Transport of
Kazakhstan.







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


Zhaslan 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
(Qazaqstan Halyq Kenesi) 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.