Dania Espaeva MP
Дания Мәдиқызы Еспаева
Espaeva in 2023
Member of the Mäjilis
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 March 2016
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-05) 5 March 1961 (age 63) Jaisan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Aq Jol
Occupation	Politician, economist

Dania Madiqyzy Espaeva (Kazakh: Дания Мәдиқызы Еспаева,^[1] Daniia Mädiqyzy Espaeva, Kazakh pronunciation: [dɑnɪjɑ mædɪqɯzɯ jespajeva]; born 5 March 1961) is a Kazakh politician and a member of the Mäjilis serving since 24 March 2016. Her 2019 election campaign made her the first woman to be a Kazakh presidential candidate.^[2]

Espaeva was born on 5 March 1961 in the village of Jaisan in the Martuk District of the Aktobe Region.

In 1982, she graduated with honors from the Alma-Ata Credit and Accounting College and then from the Kazakh State Academy of Management of Alma-Ata with a degree in economics in 1993.

From 2008 to 2016, Espaeva was a member of the Aktobe Regional Mäslihat, on the commission on family and women.

Since 24 March 2016, she is a member of the Mäjilis from the Aq Jol Democratic Party on the Finance and Budget Committee.^[3]

On 24 April 2019, Espaeva became registered as candidate for the 2019 Kazakh presidential election for the Aq Jol party which took place on 9 June, winning 5% of the popular vote.^[4]

Espaeva is married and has two sons and two grandchildren.