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May 7, 2021

Wall of fame: Chingiz Lepsibaev

Kazakhstan - Alumnus 2017

You should never stop believing in human rights, your ideals and principles.

Biography

CHINGIZ LEPSIBAEVBorn in 1983 in the city of Temirtau, Central Kazakhstan, to an engineer and a doctor, Mr Chingiz Lepsibaev studied at the First School in Kazakhstan for gifted children (with a technical focus), then studied at the university as an engineer. He has worked as a leader in local, regional and national youth organizations. Moreover, he worked at the project of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and at the Structure of Ministry of Education. Since 2012 Mr Lepsibaev has been working on human rights. In 2016, he was appointed the Head of the office of the Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child. Since 2019 the Eurasian Expert Council Foundation, which Mr Lepsibaev heads, has been the largest NGO in Kazakhstan.

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