President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed Yevgeny Kochetov as Head of the Communications Department of the Presidential Administration. He previously held the position of Vice-Minister of Culture and Information. The new head has experience in journalism, media companies and government structures.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
According to a decree of the Akorda, on 20 October 2026 Yevgeny Kochetov took charge of the Communications Department of the Presidential Administration.
38-year-old Kochetov previously worked as an economic and political commentator at the publications Liter, Kapital, Vlast and Informburo.
WHICH POSITIONS KOCHETOV HAS HELD
Kochetov also headed the Central Communications Service (CCS), the company Kazcontent and the corporate fund Media Damytu Kory.
Since 2023 he held the position of Vice-Minister of Information and Public Development, then Vice-Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan.
Kochetov graduated from the Kazakh Humanities and Law University (KazHLU) and completed a master's degree in economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
WHOM THE NEW HEAD REPLACED
The Communications Department was previously headed by Kanat Kulshmanov. He has now been appointed director of the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Communications Department is part of the structure of the Presidential Administration and deals with matters of public communications and information support for its activities.
