Sara Nazarbayeva

Sara Alpysqyzy Nazarbayeva (Kazakh: Сара Алпысқызы Назарбаева, [ˈsɑrɑ ɑɫpəsqəˈzə nɑzɑrˈbɑjɪvə]; Russian: Сара Алпыскызы Назарбаева, née Konakay (Qonaqay, Қонақай); born 11 February 1942) served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan and is the wife of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

They have three daughters — Dariga, Dinara and Aliya — and eleven grandchildren and a great granddaughter.

[1][2] Nazarbayeva is the President of Böbek [kk; ru], an international children's foundation, which she founded in 1992.

For her work with children she was awarded the Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize by the World Health Organization in 1997[3] and the International Unity Prize.

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