Aituganov Kairat Kaparovich graduated with honors from the Tselinograd Agricultural Institute in 1984, received the qualification of a agricultural scientist, in 2000 graduated from the Almaty Institute of Energy and Communications, qualification – “engineer-economist”.
In 1990 he graduated from the full-time postgraduate study of the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Economics in Moscow.
He has PhD in economics.
He began his career in 1984 as an assistant at the Department of Soil Science. From 1985 to 1986 he served in the ranks of the USSR Armed Forces. Military rank - senior lieutenant.
In the period from January 1987 to 1989 he worked as an agronomist, senior agronomist-seed-grower, chief economist of a state farm.
From 1990 to September 1992, he worked as deputy chairman for economic issues of the Kyzyltu regional agro-industrial association and chairman of the Raiplan of the district administration of the Kokchetav region.
From September 1992 to October 1996, he held managing positions in commercial structures.
From 1996 to August 2005, he worked as the head of the mayor department of the Kokchetav region, the deputy head of the North Kazakhstan regional department of economy, the deputy head of the department of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Deputy Chairman of the Board of “Akmola Electric Distribution Company” JSC in Astana.
In the period from September 2005 to 2007, he was the chief of staff of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, led the project “Post-privatization support for agriculture” of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank).
In the period from December 2007 to July 2011, he worked in the positions of financial director, deputy, first deputy, Chairman of the Board of “National Company “Socio-Entrepreneurial Corporation “Ontustik”JSC in Shymkent.
From July 2012 to July 2016, he worked as deputymayor of the Karaganda region, twice held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of “National Managing Holding “KazAgro” JSC, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Since July 2016 he worked as First Vice Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since 2018, he worked as Deputy Chairman of the Board of S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University.
Since August 27, 2020 - Chairman of the Board of“S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University” NCJSC.
Awarded with the order “Kurmet”, 5 medals.