Erlan Qarin

Erlan Qarin
Ерлан Қарин
State Counsellor of Kazakhstan
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2022
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Himself as State Secretary
State Secretary of Kazakhstan
In office 5 January 2022 – 14 June 2022
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Krymbek Kusherbayev
Succeeded by	Himself as State Counsellor
Personal details
Born	(1976-05-26) 26 May 1976 Aksukent, Sayram District, South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Nationality	Kazakhstani
Political party	Nur Otan
Alma mater	Aktobe State University Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Occupation	Politician

Erlan Tynymbaiuly Qarin (Kazakh: Ерлан Тынымбайұлы Қарин; born on 26 May 1976 in Aksukent, Sayram District) is a Kazakh politician who is the current State Counsellor of Kazakhstan.

He was born on May 26, 1976, in the village of Aksukent, and comes from the Adai clan of the Bayuly. In 1997, he graduated from the Faculty of History of Aktobe State University and in 1999 from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. From 1996-1998, he worked as a teacher of history and geography at a secondary school in Aktobe. On April 5, 2019, he was appointed Advisor to the President, later being promoted to assistant the following year. On January 5, 2022, he was appointed State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a position which was changed on 14 June to State Counsellor.

He speaks Kazakh, Russian and English. He names Alikhan Bukeikhanov, John F. Kennedy and Nursultan Nazarbayev as ideal political figures. He is married and has six children.

Awards

• Order of Kurmet
• Medal "10 years of Astana"
• Medal "20 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
• Medal "20 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
• "Honorary sports worker"