Nadezhda Tokayeva
Nadezhda Tokayeva | |
|---|---|
Надежда Токаева | |
| 2nd First Lady of Kazakhstan | |
| In role 20 March 2019 – 7 October 2020 | |
| President | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Preceded by | Sara Nazarbayeva |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1958 Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Nadezhda Davydovna Tokayeva (Hebrew: נאדז'דה טוקאיבה; Kazakh: Надежда Давыдқызы Токаева, romanized: Nadejda Davydqyzy Tokaeva; born 27 September 1958) is a Kazakh public figure who served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2020, as the former wife of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Her father and mother are from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (of Soviet-Jewish descent). An ethnic Ashkenazi Jew, Tokayeva was born in Nizhny Tagil in Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast.[2] She graduated from the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives.
Career
[edit]She served as the honorary president of the United Nations Women's Guild in Geneva from 2011 to 2012.[3]
In March 2019, she assumed the role of first lady when her husband's predecessor, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigned after 29 years in power.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Tokayeva is divorced[when?] from Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.[5] Together with her husband, she has a son, Timur (born 15 February 1984).[6][7][8]
In 1998, she and her son Timur opened a Credit Suisse bank account, even though she qualified as a politically exposed person, which at its height in 2005 contained 1.5 million US$. After her husband became director-general of the United Nations’ Geneva office, the account was closed in 2012, and the family opened offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, with $5 million in assets plus properties in Geneva and Moscow at $7.7 million.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Касым-Жомарт Токаев - биография, информация, личная жизнь, фото, видео". stuki-druki.com.
- ^ "Касым-Жомарт Токаев стал вторым президентом Республики Казахстан 20 марта 2019 года". 22 March 2019.
- ^ Aktobe Times
- ^ "Президент Республики Казахстан — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ^ "The President". Akorda. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Жена, сын и отец президента Токаева - кто они?".
- ^ "Токаева Надежда Давыдовна: какова биография, возраст, фото, соцсети?". 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Токаева Надежда Давыдовна: какова биография, возраст, фото, соцсети?". Культурная Москва. 21 March 2019.
- ^ Vlast (Kazakhstan), OCCRP and. "The Offshore Secrets of Kazakhstan's President Tokayev". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
Links
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