Dauren Askerbekuly Abaev (born 18 April 1979) is a Kazakh politician, who served as a Minister of Culture and Sports from 2022 to 2023.

[1] Since July 2023, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation.

From 2001 to 2003, he worked in various positions in the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs occupying as the referent, attache, and the third secretary.

[4] On 6 May 2016, by a presidential decree, Abaev was appointed Head of the new Ministry of Information and Communications that was established due to the 2016 Kazakh protests.

[13] On July 3, 2023, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Russia.