(5 January 2026 | Source: website of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
The Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published information on the income of family members of senior officials for 2024. The documents show that the spouses of two heads of the department received tens of millions of tenge, although the nature of the income is not disclosed in all cases.
WHAT INCOME DID THE FAMILY OF SERIK ZHUMANGARIN DECLARE
According to the information posted on the department's official website, the wife of Serik Zhumangarin — Saniya Kairzhanovna Sadykova — declared an income of 88,678,984 tenge for the 2024 tax reporting period.
The documents state that the entire amount is income from investing in the securities market, including dividends and remuneration. This information is subject to mandatory publication under the requirements of legislation on the declaration of income of officials.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE INCOME OF ASAN DARBAYEV'S FAMILY
The same publications contain data on the income of the wife of the Vice Minister of National Economy Asan Darbayev. His wife — Gulnur Darbayeva — declared an income of 69,605,000 tenge for 2024.
Unlike the declaration of Zhumangarin's family, the materials do not specify the sources from which this amount was obtained. The document only reflects the total amount of income subject to independent taxation by the individual.
WHY THIS DATA IS PUBLISHED
The publication of such information is required by the legislation on transparency of income of officials and their family members. The documents reflect data that is subject to mandatory disclosure, without additional interpretation or explanation from the department.
Other information on the structure of assets, investment instruments or details of financial transactions is absent in the published materials.
UPD: INCOME OF FAMILIES OF OFFICIALS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS
The published declarations show that the incomes of spouses of heads of other state departments for 2024 are noticeably lower than the figures declared by the families of the leadership of the Ministry of National Economy.
Thus, according to data from the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the wife of Vice Minister of Finance Asset Turysov — Zhibek Turysova — declared an income of 6.8 million tenge. Other sources or income structure are not specified in the published materials.
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, income was declared only by the spouse of an official. The wife of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Estonia, Altai Kulginov — Zhanar Kelimbetova — stated an income of 16.97 million tenge, while the diplomat himself declared zero income for the reporting period.
According to information from the Ministry of Defence, the wife of the Deputy Minister of Defence for Logistics and Military Infrastructure, Kanysh Abubakirov — Maira Kozhatai — received an income of 34 million tenge for 2024.
In the Ministry of Trade and Integration, the income of the wife of Vice Minister Asset Nusupov — Madina Munaitbasova — amounted to 450,000 tenge, which is one of the lowest figures among the published declarations.
In the Ministry of Transport, the wife of Vice Minister Talgat Lastayev — Nurgul Lastayeva — declared an income of 5.3 million tenge for the reporting year.
CONTEXT AND SIGNIFICANCE
The published data demonstrates a significant gap between the declared incomes of the families of the leadership of the Ministry of National Economy and similar figures in other departments. At the same time, in most cases the documents contain only the total income amount, without disclosing the sources, which does not allow for a more detailed comparison of the nature of earnings.
This cross-section of declarations illustrates how heterogeneous the financial picture remains among senior civil servants and their family members, even within a single reporting year.