17 Facts About Oraz Jandosov

Oraz Aliuly Jandosov is a Kazakh politician and businessman.

Oraz Jandosov's father Ali Jandosov was born on 1935 and was a historian while his mother Klavdiya Pishchulina was born on 1934 and was a historian-orientalist, candidate of historical sciences, and leading specialist in the history of medieval Kazakhstan.

Jandosov is the grandson of Oraz Jandosov who was a People's Commissar and was executed under Stalin.

Oraz Jandosov is married and has two daughters and a son.

From 1987, Oraz Jandosov worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR.

From 1992 to 1994, Oraz Jandosov was the First Deputy Chairman of the National Agency for Foreign Investment under the Ministry of Economy, First Deputy Minister of Economy and the chairman of the National Agency for Foreign Investment under the Ministry of Economy.

Oraz Jandosov became its chairman in January 1996 and, while serving in that position, was a member of the Supreme Economic Council under the President of Kazakhstan from February until November 1997.

On 20 February 1998, Oraz Jandosov was appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and the chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Investments.

Oraz Jandosov served that position until 22 January 1999, when he was appointed as the Minister of Finance.

From March 2002, Oraz Jandosov was the co-chairman of the Ak Zhol Democratic Party.

On 8 January 2003, by the order of the head of state, Oraz Jandosov was appointed Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan.

However, a few days later, Oraz Jandosov announced that he could not take this position because the head of Air Kazakhstan Erkin Kaliev being his relative.

Oraz Jandosov was dismissed from the position on 7 July 2004.

In October 2004, Oraz Jandosov became a member the Coordinating Council of the Democratic Forces of Kazakhstan.

In September 2005, Oraz Jandosov became the deputy head of the campaign headquarters for support of Zharmakhan Tuyakbay in the 2005 Kazakh presidential election.

On 23 December 2008, Oraz Jandosov was appointed as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Economists of Kazakhstan.

Oraz Jandosov is currently a member of a Board of Directors of the Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund from June 2018, independent director of Kazpost JSC from September 2018, member of the National Council of Public Confidence under the President of Kazakhstan from July 2019 and member of the Center for Analysis of Monitoring of Socio-Economic Reforms under the President from February 2020.