Yerbol Karashukeyev

Yerbol Shirakbayuly Karashukeyev (Kazakh: Ербол Шырақбайұлы Қарашөкеев, Erbol Şyraqbaiūly Qaraşökeev; born 1976) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as the Vice Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan.^[1] He served as the Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan from 2021 until 2023. Now he serves as the akim of Zhambyl region.^[2]

Yerbol Karashukeyev
Ербол Шырақбайұлы Қарашөкеев
Karashukeyev in 2023
Minister of Agriculture
In office 11 January 2022 – 4 September 2023
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister	Älihan Smaiylov
Preceded by	Saparhan Omarov
Succeeded by	Aidarbek Saparov
Vice Minister of Finance
In office April 2021 – July 2021
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister	Älihan Smaiylov
Personal details
Born	1976 (age 48–49)

Education and career

Karashukeyev holds a master's degree in economics and a bachelor's degree in law from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. In 2020, he was appointed chair of the management board of KazAgro Holding JSC, which he held through 2021.^[1]

He then served as the Acting Deputy Head of the Department of State Control and Organizational and Territorial Work as part of the administration of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.^[1]

Karashukeyev was appointed as the Vice Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Alihan Smaiylov in April 2021, and would later succeed Saparhan Omarov as the acting Minister of Agriculture in July 2021.^[3] He would retain leadership of that ministry as the bona fide Minister of Agriculture in January 2022 until September 2023.