Nadezhda Davydovna Tokayeva (Hebrew: נאדז'דה טוקאיבה; Kazakh: Надежда Давыдқызы Токаева, romanized: Nadejda Davydqyzy Tokaeva; born 27 September 1958) is a Kazakh public figure who served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2020, as the former wife of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.[1]
Nadezhda Tokayeva | |
|---|---|
Надежда Токаева | |
| 2nd First Lady of Kazakhstan | |
| In role 20 March 2019 – 7 October 2020 | |
| President | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Preceded by | Sara Nazarbayeva |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1958 Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and education edit
Her father and mother are from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (of Soviet-Jewish descent). An ethnic Ashkenazi Jew, Tokayeva was born in Nizhny Tagil in Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast.[2] She graduated from the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives.
Career edit
She served as the honorary president of the United Nations Women's Guild in Geneva from 2011 to 2012.[3]
In March 2019, she assumed the role of first lady when her husband's predecessor, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigned after 29 years in power.[4]
Personal life edit
Tokayeva is divorced[when?] from Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.[5] Together with her husband, she has a son, Timur (born 15 February 1984) and a daughter, Manira (born 7 October 1987).[6][7][8]
In 1998, she and her son Timur opened a Credit Suisse bank account, even though she qualified as a politically exposed person, which at its height in 2005 contained 1.5 million US$. After her husband became director-general of the United Nations’ Geneva office, the account was closed in 2012, and the family opened offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, with $5 million in assets plus properties in Geneva and Moscow at $7.7 million.[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Касым-Жомарт Токаев - биография, информация, личная жизнь, фото, видео". stuki-druki.com.
- ^ "Касым-Жомарт Токаев стал вторым президентом Республики Казахстан 20 марта 2019 года". 22 March 2019.
- ^ Aktobe Times
- ^ "Президент Республики Казахстан — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ^ "The President". Akorda. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Жена, сын и отец президента Токаева - кто они?".
- ^ "Токаева Надежда Давыдовна: какова биография, возраст, фото, соцсети?". 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Токаева Надежда Давыдовна: какова биография, возраст, фото, соцсети?". Культурная Москва. 21 March 2019.
- ^ Vlast (Kazakhstan), OCCRP and. "The Offshore Secrets of Kazakhstan's President Tokayev". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
Links edit
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