The name of the new president of the Football Federation of Kazakhstan has been announced.

At the election conference of the Kazakhstan Football Federation, a new president for the organization was elected. The candidates for the position were Marat Omarov, Yerbol Kairov, and Altai Daumov. David Loria withdrew his candidacy in favor of Omarov.

As a result, Omarov emerged victorious with 34 votes, having been nominated by the Football Federation of Astana.

The 36-year-old Marat Omarov has been serving as the chairman of the Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition since August 2022. In 2010, he graduated from the University of York in the UK under the "Bolashak" program with a degree in "philosophy, political science, and economics," and in 2011, he obtained a master's degree in social sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Omarov will succeed Adilet Barmenkulov as the president of the federation, who announced his resignation in November announced his resignation.