Lyazzat Muratkyzy Tanysbay (Kazakh: Ләззат Мұратқызы Танысбай); (born 11 October 1973, Urzhar, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh journalist, media manager. Since April 2019, CEO of JSC «Republican Television and Radio Corporation «Kazakhstan».[1]

Lyazzat Tanysbay
Ләззат Мұратқызы Танысбай
CEO of JSC «RTRC «Kazakhstan»
Assumed office
April 2019
CEO of holding «NUR Media»
In office
July 2018 – April 2019
CEO of TV channel «ASTANA»
In office
February 2012 – April 2019
Vice Minister of Communications and Information of the Kazakhstan
In office
November 2011 – February 2012
First Deputy of JSC «RTRC «Kazakhstan»
In office
October 2008 – November 2011
Deputy Chairman of the Information and Archives Committee
In office
September 2005 – October 2008
Chief Expert of the Press Service of the Presidential Administration
In office
November 2002 – September 2005
Executive Producer (Khabar Agency)
In office
February 2001 – November 2002
News presenter (Khabar Agency)
In office
February 1996 – February 2001
Editor, reporter, presenter (Kazakhstan TV)
In office
December 1993 – February 1996
Personal details
Born (1973-10-11) 11 October 1973 (age 51)
Urzhar, Kazakhstan
Political partyAMANAT

Biography

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Lyazzat Tanysbay was born on 11 October 1973 in the village of Urzhar, East Kazakhstan Region.[2]

She graduated from the Almaty Institute of International Journalism. She began her career in 1993 as an editor, then she was a reporter, a TV presenter of the Republican TV and Radio Corporation "Kazakhstan".[3]

Since the creation of one of the largest state–owned media in the country, the Khabar TV channel, in 1996, she has worked as an editor-presenter, executive producer of the news service.[4]

In 2002, she held the positions of chief expert, head of the sector, chief inspector in the Press service of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[5]

From 2005 to 2008, she served as a Deputy Chairman of the Information and Archives Committee.

From 2008 to 2011, she worked as the First Deputy chairman of the board of JSC Republican Television and Radio Corporation "Kazakhstan".[6]

In 2011, she was appointed Vice Minister of Information and Communications of the Ministry of Culture, Information and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In February 2012, she headed the republican Astana TV channel, and since 5 July 2018, she has simultaneously headed the Nur-Media holding, which united several newspapers, radio, and online publications of the country.

In 2019, she became a head of the Republican Television and Radio Corporation "Kazakhstan",[7] which includes 14 regional TV channels, 4 republican TV channels and 4 republican radio channels. Kazakhstan TV and Radio Corporation is the largest media company in the country, occupying a leading position in terms of broadcasting volume and population coverage.[8]

In 2020, with the direct participation of Lyazzat Tanysbay, a new cultural and educational TV channel "Abai TV" was created,[9] which raised the production of niche television projects of cultural, educational orientation in the domestic television industry to a new level.

In 2021, Qazaqstan TV and Radio Corporation launched the Altynqor.com (The golden collection) website. The website features names and voices, as well information about famous people. It broadcasts video and audio feeds from the Kazakh Television and Raio Fund starting from 1930.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "New CEO of Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation named". inform.kz. 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Urzhar residents". wikipedia. 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ "About corporation". rtrk.kz. 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "The history of the "Khabar" Agency". Jibek joly TV. 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "XVII EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM Speakers", eamedia.org, 8 April 2020
  6. ^ "Our team", rtrc.kz, 8 April 2011
  7. ^ "New CEO of Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation named". inform.kz. 8 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Zhanseit Tuimebayev met with chairman of the board «Qazaqstan» RTRC JSC". assembly.kz. 11 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Kazakhstan inaugurates new Abai TV Channel". inform.kz. 30 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Qazaqstan TV and Radio Corporation launches Altynqor.com website". en.inform.kz. 2 December 2021.