
Zhandos Nurzhanovich Salimov was born on 17 July 1980 in the village of Kaztalovka, Kaztalov District, West Kazakhstan Region.
He began his career in 2000 as a construction foreman at the private enterprise Ryskaliyeva R in Uralsk.
2002–2004 – Construction Foreman at the Zhandanu Production Cooperative (Uralsk).
2004 – Technical Supervision Engineer at the Uralsk City Department of Education, then Chief Specialist at the Uralsk City Department of Architecture and Construction.
2007–2008 – Deputy Head of the Uralsk City Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, then Head of the Construction Department of Terekty District, West Kazakhstan Region.
2009–2011 – Chief Specialist of the Subsoil Use and Licensing Division, then Head of the Gasification Division of the Department of Energy and Public Utilities of West Kazakhstan Region.
2011 – Contract Manager at Tengizneftestroy JSC (Atyrau), then Chief Construction Manager at National Company Social-Entrepreneurial Corporation Oral JSC.
2013–2014 – Acting Chief Specialist, then Chief Specialist of the Engineering Infrastructure Development Division, and subsequently Deputy Head of the Department of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of Atyrau Region.
2014–2015 – Chief Specialist of the Pre-Expert Review Sector of the Republican State Enterprise Gosexpertiza, then Head of the Technical Supervision Sector of the Kokshetau City Department of Housing and Communal Services, Passenger Transport and Roads.
2015–2016 – Manager of the Technical Control and Monitoring Department at Samruk-Kazyna Real Estate Fund JSC, then Chief Manager of the Housing and Communal Services Department at the Kazakhstan Center for Modernization and Development of Housing and Communal Services JSC.
2016–2017 – Director of the Outreach and Knowledge Dissemination Department, then Director of the Department of Certification, Vocational Training and Professional Development at the Kazakhstan Center for Modernization and Development of Housing and Communal Services JSC.
2018 – Acting Head, then Head of the Public Procurement Division of the Committee for Construction and Housing and Communal Services Affairs of the Ministry for Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2018–2020 – Acting Deputy Head for Operations, then Head of the Department of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of Mangystau Region.
2020 – Head of the Uralsk City Department of Housing and Communal Services and Housing Inspection.
2020–2025 – Head of the Department of the Committee for the Regulation of Natural Monopolies of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Mangystau Region, then Head of the Committee’s Department for the city of Astana.