Sara Nazarbayeva

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Sara Nazarbayeva
Сара Назарбаева
Nazarbayeva in 2000
1st First Lady of Kazakhstan
In role
16 December 1991 – 20 March 2019
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byNadezhda Tokayeva
Personal details
Born
Sara Alpysovna Konakaeva

(1941-02-12) 12 February 1941 (age 83)
Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
(now Kazakhstan)
Spouse(s)
ChildrenDariga, Dinara and Aliya

Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva (Kazakh: Сара Алпысқызы Назарбаева, Sara Аlpysqyzy Nazarbaeva, [ˈsɑɾɑ ɑlpəsqəˈzə nɑzɑɾˈbɑjɪvɑ], Russian: Сара Алпысовна Назарбаева, née Konakayeva (Qonaqaeva, Конакаева); born 12 February 1941) served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan and is the wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Life[change | change source]

She married Nursultan in 1962 after her graduation. They have three daughters — Dariga, Dinara and Aliya — and six grandchildren and a great granddaughter.[1][2]

Career[change | change source]

Nazarbayeva is the President of Bobek [kk; ru], an international children's foundation. She founded this in 1992. For her work with children she was awarded the Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize by the World Health Organization in 1997[3] and the International Unity Prize.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. Биография на сайте centrasia.org
  2. "Биография на сайте wok.kz". Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. Previous winners
  4. https://iwpr.net/ru/global-voices/первая-леди-казахстана-«взялась»-за[permanent dead link]