Kobenova Gulzat Izbasarovna

Kobenova Gulzat Izbasarovna

Vice-Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Member of the Board of Directors

Born in 1978 in the Aktobe Region. She graduated from K. Zhubanov Aktobe State University and the E.A. Buketov Karaganda State University.

Career

She began her professional career in 1998 as a lecturer at the Department of History of K. Zhubanov Aktobe State University.

From 2002 to 2009, she held managerial positions at Aktobe State University and the K. Zhubanov Aktobe Pedagogical Institute.

From 2009 to 2010, she served as an expert and later as Head of the Information Department of the Committee for Information and Archives of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From 2010 to 2018, she worked in various managerial positions at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From 2018 to 2019, she was Deputy Director of the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy N. Nazarbayev.

From January to September 2019, she held the positions of Sector Head and Inspector of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From September 2019 to January 2020, she served as Chair of the Committee for Control in the Sphere of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science.

From 2020 to 2022, she was Chair of the Committee for Quality Assurance in Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science.

From 2022 to 2023, she served as Chair of the Committee for Quality Assurance in the Field of Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

From 2023 to 2025, she served as Chair of the Committee for Higher and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.