Early life and education Born in the village of
Kaskelen about 20 km away from
Almaty, Kankurov studied at the
Moscow State University where he earned his degree in economics and then graduated from
D. Kunaev University specializing in law. At the
Central Asian University, Kankurov studied computer science and software.
Career Kankurov began his career in 2005 as a specialist and chief specialist of Technical Inventory of Property LLP then as the company's director of technical Inventory. From 2006, he worked at the JSC PSTK Bitelecom. While working there, he was Vice President of the Kazakhstan-2030 Support for the Program of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2010. In 2011, Kankurov became the First Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan Bostandyq District Branch where he was until 2013, when he was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan Almaty City Branch, eventually becoming the First Deputy Chairman from 4 October 2018 to 20 January 2021.
Political career In March 2016, Kankurov was elected as a deputy of the 6th
Almaty City Mäslihat from the 19th
Bostandyq District constituency. From there, he served as member of the Mäslihat Standing Committee on Construction and Land Relations. At the
2021 Almaty City Mäslihat elections, Kankurov was included in the
Nur Otan party-list and participated in the televised debates between the party's representatives of the city branch. After being re-elected, he was unanimously chosen to be Secretary of the City Mäslihat at the age 35, becoming the youngest person to hold such post. After
the 2023 election of the 7th Mäslihat, a new chairman,
Meyirjan Otynşiev, was elected as Kankurov's successor, though Kankurov continued his membership in the legislature. == References ==