Dauren Abaev

Dauren Abaev
Дәурен Абаев
Abaev in 2018
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 May 2023
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Ermek Kosherbaev
Minister of Culture and Sports
In office 11 January 2022 – 4 January 2023
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Aqtoty Raiymqulova
Succeeded by	Ashat Oralov
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan
In office 4 May 2020 – 11 January 2022
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Mäulen Äşimbaev
Succeeded by	Timur Suleimenov
Press Secretary of the President
In office 7 October 2011 – 6 May 2016
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Baglan Mailybayev
Succeeded by	Aidos Ukibay
Minister of Information and Social Development
In office 25 February 2019 – 4 May 2020
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Askar Mamin
Preceded by	Darhan Kaletaev (Social Development)
Succeeded by	Aida Balaeva
Minister of Information and Communications
In office 6 May 2016 – 25 February 2019
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Karim Massimov Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Askar Mamin (Acting)
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 45) Almaty Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Kazakh
Spouse	Aynura Abaeva
Children	4
Alma mater	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Leiden University Eurasian Humanitarian Institute

Dauren Askerbekuly Abaev (born 18 April 1979) is a Kazakh politician, who served as a Minister of Culture and Sports from 2022 to 2023. Since March 2023, Deputy Secretary General of the CIS.^[1] Since July 2023, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation.^[2]