{{Short description|Kazakh politician (born 1961)}} {{Family name hatnote|Mädiqyzy|Espaeva|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = MP |name = Dania Espaeva |native_name = {{Nobold|Дания Еспаева}} |native_name_lang = kk |image = Dania Espaeva (cropped, 29-03-2023).jpg |caption = Espaeva in 2023 |office = Deputy Chairman of the Mäjilis |term_start = 19 March 2023 |term_end = |predecessor = Balaim Kesebaeva<br>Pavel Kazantsev |successor = |1blankname = Chairman |1namedata = Erlan Qoşanov |alongside = Albert Rau |office1 = Member of the Mäjilis |term_start1 = 20 March 2016 |term_end1 = |president1 = Nursultan Nazarbayev<br>Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|3|5|df=y}} |birth_place = Zhaisan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |party = Aq Jol |education = Almaty Accounting and Credit College<br>Kazakh State Academy of Management }} '''Dania Mädiqyzy Espaeva''' ({{langx|kk|Дания Мәдиқызы Еспаева}}, {{IPA|kk|ˈdanʲɪjə mæˌdɨqəˈzə jɪspɐˈ(j)evə|IPA}}; born 5 March 1961) is a Kazakh politician who has served in the Mäjilis as a member of Aq Jol since 2016. She was Aq Jol's presidential candidate in the 2019 election.
==Early life and education== Dania Espaeva was born in Zhaisan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union,{{sfn|Zhussupova|2019}} on 5 March 1961. She graduated from the Alma-Ata Accounting and Credit College in 1982, and the Kazakh State Academy of Management in 1993.{{sfn|Mäjilis}}
==Career== In the State Bank of the USSR Espaeva worked as an economist in Aktobe from 1982 to 1991. She was a senior specialist at TuranBank in Aktobe in 1991. She was a chief specialist for AlemBank Kazakhstan in Aktobe from 1995 to 1997. She was the deputy head of the lending department of BankTuranAlem in Aktobe in 1997, acting head from 1997 to 1998, deputy director from 1998 to 2005, and director from 2005 to 2016. At Kazkommertsbank she was director of the branch in Aktobe from 2014 to 2016.{{sfn|Mäjilis}}
In the 2016 election she won a seat in the Mäjilis as a member of Aq Jol's electoral list.{{sfn|Утвержден новый состав мажилиса парламента Казахстана|2016}} During her tenure in the Mäjilis she served on the Finance and Budget committee.{{sfn|Mäjilis}} She is the deputy chair of the Mäjilis.{{sfn|Parliament of Kazakhstan}}
Espaeva was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election, the first woman to seek the presidency. She won Aq Jol's nomination with 49.5% of the 190 votes in a secret ballot.{{sfn|Zhussupova|2019}} She did not participate in a presidential debate on 29 May, but was represented by Aq Zol chair Azat Peruaşev.{{sfn|Shoo-In Toqaev Skips Kazakh Presidential Campaign Debate|2019}} She lost the election to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.{{sfn|Higgins|2019}}
==Personal life== The Order of Kurmet was given to Espaeva in 2011, and the Order of Parasat was given to her in 2020.{{sfn|Mäjilis}} She is the mother of two children.{{sfn|Parliament of Kazakhstan}}
==Political positions== During Espaeva's presidential campaign she proposed lowering loan rates by the National Bank of Kazakhstan, stopping currency devaluations, reduce the value-added tax or replace it with a sales tax.{{sfn|Zhussupova|2019}}
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===News=== * {{Cite news |date=24 March 2016 |title=Утвержден новый состав мажилиса парламента Казахстана |work=Nur |url=https://www.nur.kz/1079583-stali-izvestny-imena-84-deputatov-mazhil.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412192601/https://www.nur.kz/1079583-stali-izvestny-imena-84-deputatov-mazhil.html |archive-date=12 April 2016 |ref={{harvid|Утвержден новый состав мажилиса парламента Казахстана|2016}}}} * {{Cite news |date=29 May 2019 |title=Shoo-In Toqaev Skips Kazakh Presidential Campaign Debate |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/shoo-in-toqaev-will-not-take-part-in-kazakh-presidential-campaign-debate/29970292.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628152005/https://www.rferl.org/a/shoo-in-toqaev-will-not-take-part-in-kazakh-presidential-campaign-debate/29970292.html |archive-date=28 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Shoo-In Toqaev Skips Kazakh Presidential Campaign Debate|2019}}}} * {{Cite news |last=Zhussupova |first=Dilshat |date=27 May 2019 |title=Kazakhstan's first female presidential candidate sees mass entrepreneurship as vehicle to improve lives |work=Astana Times |url=https://astanatimes.com/2019/05/kazakhstans-first-female-presidential-candidate-sees-mass-entrepreneurship-as-vehicle-to-improve-lives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628145823/https://astanatimes.com/2019/05/kazakhstans-first-female-presidential-candidate-sees-mass-entrepreneurship-as-vehicle-to-improve-lives/ |archive-date=28 June 2025}} * {{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Andrew |date=10 June 2019 |title=Kazakhstan Gets New Leader, but Old System's Grip on Power Remains |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/world/asia/kazakhstan-president.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628153259/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/world/asia/kazakhstan-president.html |archive-date=28 June 2025}}
===Web=== * {{Cite web |title=ЕСПАЕВА Дания Мәдиқызы |publisher=Mäjilis |url=https://mazhilis.parlam.kz/kk/profile/4/biography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628145821/https://mazhilis.parlam.kz/kk/profile/4/biography |archive-date=28 June 2025 |access-date=28 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Mäjilis}}}} * {{Cite web |title=Өмірбаяны |publisher=Parliament of Kazakhstan |url=https://www.parlam.kz/la/mazhilis/person/2812 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628152920/https://www.parlam.kz/la/mazhilis/person/2812 |archive-date=28 June 2025 |access-date=28 June 2025 |ref={{harvid|Parliament of Kazakhstan}}}}
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