
Serik Toleutayevich Shortaev was born in 1973 in the village of Ozernoye in the Ualikhanov district of North Kazakhstan region. Higher education. In 2001, he graduated from Kostanay law Institute of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 1995 to 2017, he served in the internal Affairs bodies, including more than 10 years in senior positions. The last position held was Deputy head of the Bulandyn district police Department. Police Lieutenant Colonel in reserve.