Shapagat Azirkhanov has been appointed deputy akim of Aktau, having previously served as deputy akim of the Karakiyan district. The personnel decision was announced on the official Instagram page of the Aktau akimat, infohub.kz reports.
Shapagat Azirkhanov was born on October 22, 1990, in the Beineu district of the Mangystau region. He holds a higher education degree.
He began his career in 2007 at Agnia LLP as an operator-programmer. From 2008 to 2010, he worked at the same organization as an economic affairs manager.
From 2011 to 2017, he held the positions of leading and chief specialist at the State Revenue Office for the Beineu district. From 2017 to 2022, he continued working at the same office, where he headed the information reception and processing department and the tax control and collection department, and also served as deputy head of the office.
From February 2022 to September 2023, he headed the State Revenue Office for Aktau. In 2023, he led the debt management department of the State Revenue Department for the Mangystau region.
From 2024 to 2025, he worked at Caspian SEC JSC, and later at the internal policy and language development department of the Munaily district. From August 4, 2025, until now, he has served as deputy akim of the Karakiyan district.
Recall that in September of this year, Maksat Mukash became akim of Aktau.