By the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan Abylkasymova Madina Erasylovna was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Previously, she held the post of vice minister of national economy.

Madina Abylkasymova was born on August 1, 1978 in Almaty. She graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management with a degree in International Economic Relations and was educated at Columbia University and Harvard Kennedy School of Public Administration.

She began her career as a chief specialist in the Agency for Strategic Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In different years she worked as the head of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Director of the Department for Analysis of State Policy of JSC Center for Marketing and Analytical Studies, Deputy Head of the Social and Economic Department of the Prime Minister's Office.

Madina Abylkasymova also served as Deputy Head of the Center for Strategic Research and Analysis of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vice Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Deputy Governor from Kazakhstan to the World Bank. She worked as vice-minister of economy and budget planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan.