
Yerlan Kusayyn, who previously held the position of akim of the Karkaraly district, was appointed Deputy akim of the Karaganda region. He will oversee issues of education, culture, sports, youth and domestic policy.
Yerlan Kusayyn has three higher educations: graduated from the Karaganda State University named after E. A. Buketov with a degree in "teacher of the Kazakh language and literature", Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsoyuz with a degree in "legal regulation in the field of economics", a master's degree from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
He started his career in 1999 as a teacher of the Kazakh language. In the civil service since 2007. He worked as a chief specialist of the Department of Financial, Organizational and Personnel Work of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Industry of the Karaganda region.
From 2008 to 2014, he held various positions in the press service of the Akim of the Karaganda region.
Then he worked as deputy akim of Bukhar-Zhyrau district. He headed the secretariat of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan of the Akim's office of the Karaganda region. He was the director of the KSU "Kogamdyk kelisim" of the akim's office of the Karaganda region, head of the Department of Internal Policy.
Prior to this appointment, he held the position of akim of the Karkaraly district.