Roman Sklyar

Roman Sklyar
Роман Скляр
Sklyar in 2023
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Assumed office
11 January 2022
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime MinisterÄlihan Smaiylov
Himself (Acting)
Oljas Bektenov
Preceded byÄlihan Smaiylov
Acting Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
5 – 6 February 2024
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byÄlihan Smaiylov
Succeeded byOljas Bektenov
Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development
In office
25 February 2019 – 18 September 2019
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime MinisterAskar Mamin
Preceded byZhenis Kassymbek
Succeeded byBeibut Atamkulov
Member of the Mäjilis
In office
25 March 2016 – 17 May 2016
Personal details
Born (1971-05-08) 8 May 1971 (age 53)
Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakhstani (Russian origin)
Political partyAmanat

Roman Vasilievich Sklyar (/rˈmɑːn sklɑːr/; Cyrillic: Роман Васильевич Скляр, [rɐˈman vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ sklʲar]; born 8 May 1971) is a Kazakh politician and economist who's currently serving as the First Deputy Prime Minister from January 2022. During his tenure, he was briefly the Acting Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in February 2024.

Sklyar was the deputy akim of Pavlodar from 2005 to 2006, deputy and first deputy akim of Pavlodar Region from 2008 to 2011, Vice Minister of Transport and Communications from 2011 to 2013, member of the Mäjilis and Vice Minister of National Economy in 2016, Vice and First Vice Minister for Investment and Development from 2016 to 2019, and Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development in 2019.