Mädi Takiev

Mädi Takiev
Мәди Такиев
Takiev in 2024
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
6 February 2024
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime MinisterOljas Bektenov
Preceded byErulan Jamaubaev
Member of the Mäjilis
In office
28 March 2023 – 14 February 2024
ConstituencyAmanat Party List
Head of the Department of Socio-Economic Monitoring of the Presidential Administration
In office
24 September 2020 – 28 March 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byMaqsat Muqanov
Succeeded byAidyn Qulseiitov
Personal details
Born (1978-04-01) 1 April 1978
PartyAmanat
Children3
Alma mater
Awards

Mädi Tökeşuly Takiev[a] (Kazakh: Мәди Төкешұлы Тәкиев; born 1 April 1978) is a Kazakh politician and lawyer who is serving as Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 6 February 2024.

Biography

Takiev was born on 1 April 1978 in Bakanas, located in Balkhash District of Almaty Region. In 1998, he graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management with a degree in Accounting and Audit. He later obtained a law degree from D. A. Kunaev University of the Humanities in 2005. In 2011, he completed a Master of Business Administration program at the University of International Business.[1]

He began his professional career in 1998 as chief accountant at the Institute of State and Law of the Ministry of Science — Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 2000 to 2008, he worked within the tax authorities in Almaty, serving as inspector, senior inspector, chief tax inspector, and later as head of departments responsible for small and medium-sized enterprise oversight and tax audits. In 2008, he was appointed head of the Excise Administration Department of the Tax Department of Almaty Region, a position he held until 2009.[1]

Between 2009 and 2012, Takiev served as deputy head of the Tax Department in Almaty. From 2012 to 2013, he headed a department within the Tax Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2013, he was appointed director of the Department of Tax and Customs Policy at the Ministry of National Economy, a role he held until 2014. That same year, he worked as chief consultant of the Socio-Economic Department of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[1]

From 2014 to 2017, Takiev headed the State Revenue Department in Atyrau Region. He subsequently served as director of the Tax Control Department of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance from 2017 to 2019.[1] On 12 March 2019, he was appointed Vice Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan,[2][3][4] serving in this role until 24 September 2020.[5]

From 24 September 2020 to 28 March 2023, he headed the Department of Socio-Economic Monitoring of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[6][7]

In March 2023, Takiev was elected as a deputy of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 8th convocation from the Amanat party list,[8] where he chaired the Finance and Budget Committee.[9]

On 6 February 2024, he was appointed Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[10][11][12]

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ Often transliterated as Мади Токешович Такиев through a Russified Romanization of Madi Tokeshovich Takiyev.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Мәди Төкешұлы Такиев". Kazinform. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Мәди Тәкиев Ұлттық экономика министрінің орынбасары болып тағайындалды". Baribar (in Kazakh). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  3. ^ Тойлыбаева, Назым (12 March 2019). "Мәди Тәкиев ҚР ұлттық экономика вице-министрі лауазымына тағайындалды". Turkystan (in Kazakh). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  4. ^ Қосыбаев, Айдос (12 March 2019). "Мәди Тәкиев ҚР ұлттық экономика вице-министрі қызметіне тағайындалды". Tengri News (in Kazakh). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  5. ^ Лепесова, Анар (24 September 2020). "Мәди Такиев жаңа қызметке тағайындалды". Turkystan (in Kazakh). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Ұлттық экономика вице-министрі Президент Әкімшілігінде жаңа қызметке тағайындалды". Tengri News (in Kazakh). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  7. ^ Ермекбай, Нұрила (28 March 2023). "Мемлекет басшысы Мәди Такиевті қызметінен босатты". Nur (in Kazakh). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  8. ^ ""Ақорда іріктеген депутаттар". Мәжілістің жаңа құрамынан не күтеміз?". Азаттық радиосы (in Kazakh). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  9. ^ Қадыржанова, Жансая (29 March 2023). "Жаңа сайланған депутаттар қандай комитеттерге мүше екені белгілі болды". Massaget (in Kazakh). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  10. ^ Қали, Айдос (6 February 2024). "Қаржы министрі жаңадан тағайындалды". Zakon (in Kazakh). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  11. ^ Бақберген, Ботакөз (6 February 2024). "Жаңа Қаржы министрі тағайындалды". Egemen Qazaqstan (in Kazakh). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Мәди Такиев Қаржы министрі лауазымына тағайындалды". BAQ (in Kazakh). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2025.