
Marat Kuldikov was born in 1967 in Semipalatinsk region. He graduated from the Almaty Higher Technical School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan with a degree in "organization and technology of fire protection", and the Kokshetau Technical Institute of the ASF of the Republic of Kazakhstan with a degree in "fire safety".
He began his career in 1989 as a firefighter of the subordinate paramilitary fire department No. 79 of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Protection of Semipalatinsk. In 1993-2008, he held various positions of middle and senior commanding staff in the state fire service of the East Kazakhstan region. In 2008-2012 – Deputy Head of the Emergency Situations Department of the East Kazakhstan region - Head of the Emergency Situations Department of Semey. In 2012-2014 – Head of the Department of Emergency Situations of Zhambyl region. In 2014-2016 . – Head of the Department of Emergency Situations of the West Kazakhstan region. In 2016-2019 – Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2019-2020 - First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Emergency Situations. From 2020 to 2023, Vice Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.