Erlan Tynymbaiuly Qarin (Kazakh: Ерлан Тынымбайұлы Қарин; born on 26 May 1976 in Aksukent, Sayram District) is a Kazakh politician who is the current State Counsellor of Kazakhstan.

[1] He was born on May 26, 1976, in the village of Aksukent, and comes from the Adai clan of the Bayuly.

From 1996-1998, he worked as a teacher of history and geography at a secondary school in Aktobe.

On April 5, 2019, he was appointed Advisor to the President, later being promoted to assistant the following year.

He names Alikhan Bukeikhanov, John F. Kennedy and Nursultan Nazarbayev as ideal political figures.