Ministry of Communications and Information (Kazakhstan)

The Ministry of Communications and Information (Kazakh: Байланыс және ақпарат министрлігі) was a ministerial body of the Government of Kazakhstan as part of the Cabinet of Ministers. The Ministry was responsible for communications and in the areas of informational, media, archiving and documentation, automation of public services and coordination of public service activities.[1]

Ministry of Communications and Information
Байланыс және ақпарат министрлігі
Emblem of Kazakhstan

House of Ministries
Agency overview
Formed12 March 2010
Dissolved20 January 2012
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Kazakhstan
HeadquartersNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

The Ministry was created on 12 March 2010 after major changes and rearrangements in the Government of Kazakhstan through the incorporation of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Information and Communications which was reorganized into the Committee and Committee for Information and Archives of the former Ministry of Culture and Information. The Joint Stock Company "Arna Media National Information Holding" was also transferred to the new ministry, however, it was later disbanded.

Before the abolition of the department on 20 January 2012, Askar Zhumagaliyev was the only Minister of Communications and Information.[2]

References
  1. "Министерство Связи и Информации Республики Казахстан". web.archive.org. August 3, 2010.
  2. "Министерство связи и информации Казахстана упразднено". Главные новости Казахстана - Tengrinews.kz. January 20, 2012.
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