Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva (, , , , née Konakayeva (Qonaqaeva, Қонақаева); born 12 February 1941) served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan and is the wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She married Nursultan in 1962 after her graduation. They have three daughters — Dariga, Dinara and Aliya — and six grandchildren and a great granddaughter. 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 and the International Unity Prize. References 1941 births Living people First ladies of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev family Ihsan Doğramacı Family Health Foundation Prize laureates