Kazinform
Kazinform
About Us
Kazakh National Information Agency “Kazinform” is a state-run joint-stock company.
Kazinform National Company
HISTORY
— first Kazakh news agency was set up as an Orenburg-Turgay department of ROST.
1925 — the name is changed into KazROST.
1937 — under the control of the Council of Ministries as KazTAG.
— the name is changed into KazAAG according to the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan.
—Government decreed the establishment of the National Company Kazakh Information Agency «KAZINFORM».
OUR EX-PRESIDENTS
Arkadiy VYATICH-KIRILLOV — one of the first leaders of KazTAG.
Kassym SHARIPOV — a writer and a public figure.
Kakimzhan KAZYBAYEV — a writer, a state and public figure.
Zhumagaly ISMAGULOV— a professor, Doctor of Philology, academician of the of .
Amangeldy AKHMETALIMOV — an honored worker of culture, a public figure.
Murat ARENOV — an initiator and author of creation of the information and analytical centre of the Parliament.
Gadilbek SHALAKHMETOV — a founder of Interstate Television and Radio Company «Mir», an academician of international journalism.
Zhanai OMAROV - a statesman and a public figure.
OUR PARTNERS
KAZINFORM is a member of international association of news agencies of Organisation of Asia Pacific News Agencies (OANA) and an international organization on joint development of culture and arts TURKSOY.
KAZINFORM cooperates with the world biggest agencies like ITAR-TASS, RIA-Novosti, Xinhua, BBC News, Kabar, BelTA and UkrInform.
RATINGS
The agency ranks 30th- 40th among the 527 news website agencies functioning in CIS.
NEWS PORTAL
KAZINFORM news is posted onto the website of the agency: www.inform.kz in the Kazakh, Russian and English languages. Kazakh news is translated into to the Roman script. Our compatriots abroad with no knowledge of Cyrillic have a good chance to know the situation in , their homeland.
The agency offers the readers its PHOTO SITE www.foto.inform.kz .
KAZINFORM TODAY
KAZINFORM creates and offers news of different regions of , CIS and non-CIS countries.
Head office is located in Astana with the most part of the staff.
The Almaty office is represented by experienced press people giving coverage to the life of a big city, a business and cultural centre of .
OUR CORRESPONDENTS
KAZINFORM, among other news agencies of our country, has got a large network of its correspondents throughout including Baikonur. It has 17 correspondent bureaus.
It has its bureaus in (), (), (Bishkek), the (), () and (). The agency plans to enlarge its network abroad.
THEY WORK AMONG US
Kenzhebolat ZHOLDYBAI – vice president for information, writer, statesman and public figure.
Zharylgap BEISENBAIULY — an editor-in-chief of the Kazakh editorial. He was the one to create newspaper Ana Tily, a winner of journalistic contests, a writer, a laureate of the Union of Kazakhstan’s Youth, an author of five books in Kazakh.
Sara MUSTAFINA — head of the correspondent bureau of Almaty city, laureate of inter-state contests, laureate of “Zolotoye pero” journalists’ contest, winner of mass media international contest «Healthy Family» held by the UN Population Fund in 2001.
Amangeldy ZHAKSYBEKOV – senior editor. Earlier held the post of the editor-in-chief of the republican newspaper “Sport”, a laureate of broadcasters’ contests.
Yerlan KOZHALELDIYEV – senior editor, well-known TV and radio journalist, laureate of republican contests.
Sailau ABYLAYEV – commissioning editor. Held the post of the editor-in-chief of the West Kazakhstan TV and Radio Broadcasting Committee, translator.
Seitak GAISSAGALI – oblast correspondent, member of the Writers’ , well-known poet.
Serik PRNAZAR – Kyzylorda oblast correspondent.
Kalamkas ABUOVA— chief of correspondent network, a holder of several honorary diplomas of the ministries and departments, ’s Government.
Vera LIVINTSOVA — correspondent in , a prizewinner of international journalistic contests.
Aleksandr PAVSKIY — senior press photographer, TASS contests prizewinner, a prizewinner of prestigious international photo competitions in , , and , .
CREATIVE TRADITIONS
Traditions are followed by a fold making the whole staff be proud of:
Valentina YELIZAROVA (),
Samal YENDIBAYEVA (Aktobe),
Lyudmila MALKO (Ust Kamengorosk),
Talgat BAIMUKHAMBETOV (),
Rasul BAKHAMOV (),
Arnur RAKHIMBEKOV (),
Galina SKRIPNIK (Taraz),
Zhanar MUKHAMEDIYAROVA (Astana),
Marlan ZHIEMBAY (Astana),
Tatiana PYLAYEVA (Shymkent),
Vladimir DOBROVOLSKY (Bishkek),
Sandugash DUISSENOVA (Taldykorgan),
Sara NURGALIYEVA (Baikonur),
Stanislav KISSELYOV (Kostanay),
Sergey KUZNETSOV (),
Zhanar SEIDAZIMOVA (Astana),
Zhanna NURMAGANBETOVA (Astana),
Kanat TOKABAYEV (Astana),
Zlikha IBRAGIMOVA (Astana),
Muratbek MAKULBEKOV (Astana),
Zauresh BALKENOVA (Astana),
Aibyn SHAGALAKOV (Astana),
Yerzhan OSPANOV (),
Aliya KARIMOVA (),
Nurlan URUZGALIYEV (Aktau).
WE ISSUE
information products meeting demands of the clients — information bulletins, heralds, calendars and books.
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