Early life and career Kusherbayev was born in the city of
Kazalinsk (present-day Kazaly) in the
Kyzylorda Region. His father Eleu Kusherbayev was also an eminent politician of the Kyzylorda Region and was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of several districts, such as
Karmakshy and
Kazaly. His grandfather Kosherbay Daribayev was the
Hero of Socialist Labour. In 1978, Kusherbayev graduated from
Satbayev University as a specialist in civil engineering. After graduating, Kusherbayev was an engineer and the chief of group of preparation of production PMK-112 "Glavrissovkhozstroy" in
Kyzylorda. From 1979 to 1988, he held several positions at
Komsomol of the
Kyzyloda Region and
Central Committee of the Komsomol in the
Kazakh SSR. On 24 January 2006, Kusherbayev was appointed as the akim of
Mangystau Region. Following the
Zhanaozen massacre where 14 oil workers in the city square were killed by police on 16 December 2011, during the
Independence Day celebration, Kusherbayev stated "Let the journalists see with their own eyes what the criminals have done. They have already crossed the line, blood has been shed, human casualties have appeared. Now they have to answer to the fullest before the law." Shortly after the tragic event, on 22 December 2011, Kusherbayev was dismissed from his post by President
Nursultan Nazarbayev and was succeeded by a Senator and Former Minister of Internal Affairs
Bauyrzhan Mukhamedzhanov. On 13 July 2012, he became an adviser to the President of Kazakhstan and served the office until 26 September 2012, when Kusherbayev was appointed as the
First Deputy Prime Minister under
Akhmetov's government. He was shortly replaced by
Bakhytzhan Sagintayev on 16 January 2013. The following day, on 17 January 2013, Kusherbayev was appointed as the akim of
Kyzylorda Region. On 28 June 2019, Kusherbayev was appointed as the head of the
Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan by
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. He served that position until he became the
State Secretary of Kazakhstan on 18 September 2019. On January 5, 2022, he was relieved of his post as Secretary of State. In November 2022, Kusherbayev, by decision of the board of "
KazMunayGas", was elected a member of the Board of Directors of "Embamunaigas" JSC.{{cite web|url= https://kapital.kz/naznacheniya/110518/v-sovet-direktorov-embamunaygaz-voshel-krymbek-kusherbayev.html |title= В совет директоров Эмбамунайгаз вошел Крымбек Кушербаев ==Awards==