Nurlan Yermekovich Sauranbayev

Nurlan Yermekovich Sauranbayev is the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

He was born in 1967 in the city of Zhambyl. In 1991, he graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a degree in economics.

He began his professional career in 1991 as the head of a private commercial company, where he worked until 1997.

1997–1998 — Executive Director of the Entrepreneurs' Congress of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1998–2000 — Director of the Department at the Republican State Enterprise “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy”.

2000–2002 — First Vice President and Chief Manager of Atyrau Oil Refinery JSC under Kazakhoil National Oil Company; Head of the project management team for the refinery restructuring.

2002–2004 — Director of the Engineering and Service Projects Department at KazMunayGas National Company.

2004–2007 — General Director of TengizService LLP.

2007–2020 — Managing Director at KazMunayGas National Company.

2010–2011 — Adviser to the Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund and Managing Director.

2011–2014 — Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies.

2014–2016 — Deputy Minister of Defense.

2016–2017 — Head of the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the EXPO-2017 International Specialized Exhibition.

2017–2018 — Akim of Shymkent city.

2019–2021 — State Inspector of the Presidential Administration.

2021–2025 — Chairman of the Management Board of JSC "National Company "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy".

Since 30 June 2025 — Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan.