Early life and education Kazantsev was born in 1960 in the city of
Tomsk in present-day
Russia. In 1982, he graduated with honors from the
Tselinograd Civil Engineering Institute, specializing in automobiles and auto industry. Then in 1986, from the
Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB.
Career Kazantsev began his career in 1982 as a senior engineer, head of a technical and technical department, a senior engineer for safety and labor protection, a foreman of ATP-3 of the cargo auto department of the Tselinograd Region under the Kazakh SSR Ministry of Transport. From 1986, he served in KGB Directorate in the region. From there, he served as a member of the Committee on Economic Reform and Regional Development of the Mäjilis. Following his reelection in
2021, Kazantsev, along with
Balaim Kesebaeva, became the
Deputy Chairman of the Mäjilis. He was removed from the position of Deputy Chair on January 19, 2023. == Personal life ==