Dariga Nazarbayeva

Nazarbayeva in 2019

Dariga Nazarbayeva (born 7 May 1963) is a Kazakh politician, who served as Chairwoman of the Senate of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2020. She is the eldest daughter of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and First Lady Sara Nazarbayeva.

Quotes

• Нет, серьезно. Я счастлива тем, кто я есть... Я бы чувствовала себя хорошо, но это трудная позиция. Быть главой государства — тяжелая работа, у меня не будет хватать времени для других моих увлечений.
  • Translation: No, I'm serious. I'm happy with who I am... [If I was offered position of President,] I would have felt good, but this is a difficult position. Being a head of state is hard work, I'll not have enough time for my other interests.
  • Source: about her potential Presidency, per Radio Free Europe, 2013
• Я уверена, что в Казахстане ислам, прогресс и демократия совместимы. За 22 года независимости мы сумели сохранить мир и согласие в нашем многонациональном и многоконфессиональном обществе.
  • Translation: I'm sure, that in Kazakhstan, Islam, progress, and democracy are compatible. In the 22 years of our independence, we could retain the peace and harmony in the multinational and multiconfessional society.
  • Source: per Radio Free Europe, 2013
• Я считаю, что время от времени детей нужно водить на экскурсию в дома ребенка, в интернаты для детей-инвалидов, чтобы они видели, что вот каков результат непродуманной половой жизни – преждевременной. И детей этих уродов показать – инвалидов, пусть смотрят. Это работает сильнее, чем 10 часов, потраченные на разговоры и на лекции.
  • Translation: I believe, that from time to time, children have to be led on tours to orphanages, [and] boarding schools for disabled children, so that they see what the result of ill-conceived sex life, a premature one, is. And to show the children of these freaks, – cripples, let them see that. This works better than 10 hours spent on talks and lectures.
  • Source: per knews.kg, 2013
  • Source: per YouTube, 2013

Nazarbayeva visits Russia in 2018

• Никто еще не отменял русский язык, слава богу, этого, наверное и не будет.
  • Translation: Nobody has cancelled the Russian language yet, thank God, and that, may not ever happen.
  • Source: per forbes.kz, 2018
• Мы должны научить наших детей добывать знания на трех языках. Потому что все равно в недалеком будущем нам всем надо будет знать еще и китайский язык. Наш великий южный сосед — это наша судьба. Китай развивается огромными темпами, несмотря на то, что сейчас есть некоторое замедление. Тем не менее Китай — это Китай, он не торопится, он мыслит категориями "100 лет". И там все будет хорошо.
  • Translation: We must teach our children to acquire knowledge in three languages. Because in the near future, we will all need to know Chinese as well. Our great southern neighbor is our destiny. China is developing at a tremendous pace, despite the fact that there is a slight slowdown now. Nevertheless, China is China; it is not in a hurry; it thinks in terms of a "100 years". And everything will be fine there.
  • Source: per Esquire.kz, date unknown

Quotes about Nazarbayeva

• The country is ruled by a kleptocratic elite that has grown rich off the back of money stolen from its people. Until 2019, its autocratic dictator was Nursultan Nazarbayev. In Kazakhstan, just 162 people own 55% of the wealth — mostly members of Nazarbayev's family or close associates. The country has a poor human rights record and little media freedom... There is Dariga Nazarbayeva and her rumoured husband Kairat Sharipbayev. Dariga is Nazarbayev's eldest daughter. Her empire, estimated by Forbes at $595 million, is hidden in an incredibly complex system of offshore companies, foundations and trusts. Three of her London properties were subject to a failed unexplained wealth order, but investigators at Source Material allege that Nazarbayeva may have misled the UK High Court. Meanwhile, Sharipbayev is allegedly one of the beneficiaries of a $334 million fraud at Kazakh bank Bank RBK, which has been labelled "the bank of the Nazarbayev family".
  • Source: Margaret Hodge, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, per parliament.uk, 2022