| Sara Nazarbayeva | |
| Order: | 1st First Lady of Kazakhstan |
| Term Label: | In role |
| Term Start: | 16 December 1991 |
| Term End: | 20 March 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Position created |
| Successor: | Nadezhda Tokayeva |
| President: | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Order2: | 13th Spouse of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR |
| Term Label2: | In role |
| Term Start2: | 22 February 1990 |
| Term End2: | 24 April 1990 |
| Predecessor2: | Vacant |
| Successor2: | Vacant |
| 1Namedata2: | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Birth Name: | Sara Alpysovna Konakayeva |
| Birth Date: | 1942 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kyzyl-Zhar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) |
| Children: | Dariga, Dinara, Aliya, Tauman, Bayken |
| Native Name Lang: | kz |
Sara Alpysqyzy Nazarbayeva (kk|Сара Алпысқызы Назарбаева, Kazakh: Sara Аlpysqyzy Nazarbaeva, in Kazakh pronounced as /ˈsɑrɑ ɑɫpəsqəˈzə nɑzɑrˈbɑjɪvə/; ru|Сара Алпыскызы Назарбаева, née Konakay (Qonaqay, Қонақай); born 11 February 1942) served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan and is the wife of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She married Nursultan in 1962 after her graduation. They have three daughters — Dariga, Dinara and Aliya — and eleven grandchildren and a great granddaughter.[1] [2]
Nazarbayeva is the President of, an international children's foundation, which she founded in 1992. For her work with children she was awarded the Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize by the World Health Organization in 1997[3] and the International Unity Prize.[4]