Darhan Satybaldy

Darhan Satybaldy
Дархан Сатыбалды
Official portrait, 2014
Äkim of Almaty
Assumed office
24 May 2025
Preceded byErbolat Dosaev
Äkim of Turkistan Region
In office
31 August 2022  6 January 2025
Preceded byUmirzak Shukeyev
Succeeded byNuralkhan Kusherov
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan
In office
18 March 2019  30 August 2022
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byErik Utembayev
Succeeded byBeibut Atamkulov
Senator for Shymkent
In office
8 October 2018  18 March 2019
Serving with Nurlan Beknazarov
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAigül Qapbarova
Äkim of Shymkent
In office
27 May 2013  19 August 2015
Preceded byKairat Moldaseitov
Succeeded byGabidulla Abdrakhimov
Personal details
Born (1974-03-26) 26 March 1974
Abai, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyAmanat
Children4

Darhan Amangeldiūly Satybaldy (Kazakh: Дархан Амангелдіұлы Сатыбалды; born 26 March 1974) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat currently serving as the äkim of Almaty since 24 May 2025. He previously served as the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan.

Satybaldy has held several key government positions throughout his career. From 2022 to 2025, he served as äkim of the Turkistan Region and from 2019 to 2022, he was Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Uzbekistan, contributing to stronger bilateral ties. He also served in the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan from 2018 to 2019 and as äkim of Shymkent from 2013 to 2015.