Who. Nursultan Nazarbayev is the politician who has had the most impact on the history of Kazakhstan: president of the country from its independence in 1990 until his resignation in 2019.
That. The historic leader admitted in his memoirs that he has a second wife. Between the first and the second there are five children.
As. Nazarbayev said he met his future wife, Asel Isabaeva, during a trip. He met her again when the girl won a Miss Kazakhstan beauty pageant.
For 20 years the Kazakhs had two first ladies without knowing it. The first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who led the country from 1989 to 2019, has just revealed that he has a second wife and two children from that relationship.
Kurmanbaeva has a mysterious look that captivated the eternal president at the foot of the plane steps. “During work trips to the regions, he was welcomed with flowers. It is known that the most beautiful local girls are selected to participate in this ceremony. The girl who gave me flowers at the airport was incredibly beautiful. “I remembered for a long time the beauty with a blonde face, a flaming look and an elegant, sculpted figure,” writes Nazarbayev in his autobiographical book 'My Life'..
He wanted to see her again, and he was lucky. The former president managed to find Kurmanbaeva after seeing the news in the press in 1999 that the girl had won the Grand Prize of the Miss Kazakhstan beauty contest.. The couple married according to the Muslim rite and in 2005 and 2008 they had two children: Tauman and Baiken.
The beautiful woman made the patriarch rejuvenate: “The joy of parenthood, the happiness of kissing my baby, returned to me at 65 years old”.
At home there were no reproaches. Nazarbayev says that his first wife Sara and his three daughters, Dariga, Dinara and Aliya, understood this.. I arrived in Almaty, apologized to my wife and told her everything as it was, and as a representative of the respected dynasty she again showed nobility: “The baby is an angel. “May the child be happy,” Sara said then.. “My daughters also understood me well”. After hearing his story they forgave him.
Kurmanbaeva was a dancer, founder and art director of the Kazakh state theater Ballet-Astana. He also promoted the Foundation for the Development of National Ballet and Dance and the Foundation for the Support and Development of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Kazakhstan.. Rumors about her relationship with the legendary president have been known for more than 20 years.. Kurmanbaeva's name appeared in the Pandora Archive investigation into assets hidden abroad. But the news that they are married and have children is a shock to many people.. Of course, when it was learned two years ago that Kurmanbaeva received $30 million from Kazakh oligarchs for shares in a company that did not carry out any commercial activity, there was also astonishment to see her economic progress in a country that is struggling to reduce its poverty.. That investigation confirmed Kurmanbayeva's close business ties to the Nazarbayev Foundation.
Nazarbayev opens up in the chapter of the book in which he discovers the most about his private life. His second wife was more than a crush. “Our relationship turned into mutual sympathy and sympathy into rapprochement…. And little by little we began to date. Both in Kurmanbaeva's appearance and in her thoughts I saw many qualities that I was looking for. And most importantly: I got rid of the mental loneliness that dragged me down for years.
“By raising children with love and care, a person prolongs his life. That's all, friends. I have laid out the whole truth before you. There is an irrefutable truth. “The heart cannot give orders,” concludes Nazarbayev.