President of the Football Union of Kazakhstan
Rakhat Alyev
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Vice-president on National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan
Member of FIFA Media Committee
Member of UEFA Technical Development Committee

was born in 1962. He graduated from Almaty State Medical Institute and Adilet High School of Law. He is a Doctor of Medical and Economic Sciences. Speaks English. Mr. Aliyev has a diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of First Class.

From 1986 to 1993 Mr. Aliyev conducted academic research activities. In 1993-1996 enterprise activity. In 1996-1997 he was posted as the First Deputy Head of the Main Tax Police Division at the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1997-1998 – Head of Division at the Tax Department of Almaty, and later – Director of the Tax Police Department at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1998-1999 – First Vice-Minister – Chairman of the Tax Police Committee at the Ministry of State Revenues of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1999-2000 Mr. Aliyev was posted as Head of Almaty city and regional Department of the Committee on National Security. In 2000-2001 – First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2001-2002 – Deputy Head of the President’s Security Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since 2000 – President (pro bono) of the Football Union of Kazakhstan.

2002-2005 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Resident) of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Austria; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-Resident) of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the international organizations in Vienna.

July 2005 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

August 2005 – Special Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the OSCE.