Head of State makes appointments at President's Executive Office
By a presidential decree, Yerzhan Seitkulov has been appointed Chief of the Information Resources Protection Department of the Executive Office of the Kazakh President, the press service of Akorda reported.
Born on April 4 ,1979, Yerzhan Seitkulov is a mathematician, professor of the Information Security Department and Director of the Scientific and Research Institute of Information Security and Cryptology at the Eurasian National Gumilyov University.
Yerzhan Seitkulov is an author of the idea of establishment of Kazakhstan’s information security institute. This idea was implemented through the Law “On Informatization”.
He was also involved in development of Kazakhstan's Cyber Shield concept.
From 2007 to 2011, he was a member of the Young Scholars Council of the First Kazakh President’s Fund.
In 2009-2011, Yerzhan Seitkulov was the Chairman of the Young Scholars Council of the Eurasian National Gumilyov University.
In 2016-2017, he was a member of the Public Council at the Ministry of Information and Communications.
From February 3, 2017 through October 22, 2018 he was a member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan.
Since December 2023, he has led the Department for Informatization and Information Resources Protection at the President’s Executive Office.
By another presidential decree, Kuat Sandalov has been appointed Chief of the Department for Informatization at the President’s Executive Office
