Sara Nazarbayeva
Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva ((Kazakh: Сара Алпысқызы Назарбаева, Sara Аlpysqyzy Nazarbaeva, [ˈsɑɾɑ ɑlpəsqəˈzə nɑzɑɾˈbɑjɪvɑ]), Russian: Сара Алпысовна Назарбаева, né Konakayeva (Qonaqaeva, Конакаева), born 12 February 1941, in Kzyl-Zhar, present-day Kazakhstan) served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan and is the wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She married Nursultan in 1962 after her graduation. They have three daughters — Dariga, Dinara and Aliya — and as well as six grandchildren and a great granddaughter.[1][2]
Sara Nazarbayeva Сара Назарбаева | |
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 Nazarbayeva in 2000 | |
| 1stFirst Lady of Kazakhstan | |
| In role 16 December 1991 – 20 March 2019 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Nadezhda Tokayeva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sara Alpysovna Konakaeva 12 February 1941 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) |
| Spouse(s) | Nursultan Nazarbayev (m. 1962–present) |
| Children | Dariga Dinara Aliya |
Nazarbayeva is the President of Bobek, an International Children's Foundation, which she founded in 1992. For her work with children she is a winner of the Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize from the World Health Organization in 1997[3] and The International Unity Prize.[4]
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