Sungat Yessimkhanov appointed vice minister of energy

By the Decree of the Government, Sungat Kuatovich Yessimkhanov was appointed to the post of vice minister of energy of Kazakhstan. Previous vice minister Anatoly Shkarupa was relieved of his post according to the submitted application.

Yessimkhanov was born in 1973 in the Pavlodar region. In 1996 he graduated from the Pavlodar Industrial Institute, in 2007 — the Bolashak Karaganda Institute of Actual Education.

He began his career in 1996 as an engineer in the hydrometallurgical workshop of AO Aluminum Kazakhstan, where he worked until 2000.

In 2001–2007 he held the positions of specialist, head of department, director of department in the structure of the Agency of Kazakhstan on Regulation of Natural Monopolies, Protection of Competition and Support of Small Business in Astana, Aktau, Karaganda. In 2008–2010, he headed the Department of Energy and Public Utilities of the Pavlodar region.

In 2010–2013 he was the president of KazahEnergoEkspertiza JSC. In 2013–2014, he worked as Director of the Department of Electric Power and Coal Industry of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan.

From August 2014 to the present, he has served as chairman of the Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control Committee of the Ministry of Energy.

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