A new Deputy Minister of Digital Development and AI has been appointed in Kazakhstan.

By decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Gizzat Seyakhmetovich Baytursynov has taken the post of Vice Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development.

Baytursynov was born in 1994 in Shymkent. He received his education at the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation in Malaysia, as well as at the Eurasian Law Academy named after D.A. Kunayev.

From 2010 to 2019, he worked at EL-Kondy LLP, successively holding positions of programmer, company representative in Malaysia, head of the technical procurement department, specialist, and chief specialist of the state procurement department.

From 2019 to 2022, he advanced from acting expert to head of department in the Department of Electronic Industry Development of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From 2022 to 2024, he served as head of department, deputy director, and director of the Department of Electronic Industry Development and Digital Assets Industry of the same ministry.

In 2024–2026, he headed the Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Development Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Since March 2026, he has been heading the Committee for Digital Assets and Breakthrough Technologies of the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Source: primeminister.kz