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Darhan Kaletaev
Darhan Kaletaev
Дархан Калетаев
	Kaletaev in 2018
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ukraine
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 February 2020
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Samat Ordabaev
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan
	In office; 25 March 2019 – 18 December 2019
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Marat Tazhin
Succeeded by	Mäulen Äşimbaev
Head of the Prime Minister's Office
	In office; 25 February 2019 – 25 March 2019
Prime Minister	Asqar Mamin
Preceded by	Nurlan Aldabergenov
Succeeded by	Galymjan Qoishybaev
Minister of Social Development
	In office; 4 April 2018 – 25 February 2019
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Bakhytzhan Sagintayev; Asqar Mamin (acting)
Preceded by	Nurlan Yermekbayev (Religious Affairs and Civil Society)
Succeeded by	Dauren Abaev (Information and Social Development)
First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan
	In office; 13 October 2008 – 19 November 2009
Chairman	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Adilbek Zhaksybekov
Succeeded by	Nurlan Nigmatulin
Personal details
Born	14 October 1972 (age 52); Priozyornoe, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Kazakh
Political party	Nur Otan
Spouse	Saltanat Nurseitova
Children	2
Alma mater	Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University; Academy of Public Administration

Darhan Amanuly Kaletaev (born 14 October 1972) is a Kazakh politician who serves as the Kazakh Ambassador to Ukraine. Since October 12, 2020 to 30 March 2022, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Moldova concurrently.^[1]

Biography

Early life and education

Kaletaev was born in the village of Priozyornoe (now Tugyl). In 1994, graduated from the Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University with a degree in history and attended the Academy of Public Administration from 1996 to 1997.

Career

From 1995 to 1997, he was a 1st category specialist, leading specialist of the Language Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, leading, chief specialist of the State Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan on national policy, deputy head of the department of coordination of language policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Kazakhstan. In 2001, Kaletaev became the head of the Youth Policy Department of the Internal Policy Department of the Ministry of Information and Public Accord From 2002 to 2004, he served as the head of the sector, head of the internal policy department of the Presidential Administration. In 2004, Kaletaev became the head of the socio-political department of the Office of Internal Policy of the Administration of the President. From 2005 to 2006, he was the head of the socio-political department of the Presidential Administration.

In 2006, he became the Head of the Department of State Control and Organizational Work of the Administration. On 12 January 2007, Kaletaev was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration until 13 October 2008 when he became the First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan. From November 2009 to October 2016, Kaletaev served as the Managing Director of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna.^[2]

On 4 April 2018, Kaletaev was appointed as the Minister for Religious Affairs and Civil Society, until it was reorganized on 29 June 2018 to Ministry of Social Development.^[3]^[4] Shortly after that, Kaletaev became its minister on 3 July 2018.^[5]

On 1 March 2019, he was appointed as the head of the Office of the Prime`Minister of Kazakhstan until 25 March 2019, when Kaletaev became the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan.^[6]^[7]

On 22 February 2020, Kaletaev became the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ukraine.^[8]