Lyazzat Berdybaeva

Lyazzat Berdybaeva is the akim (head) of the rural district named after Kudaibergen Zhubanova in the Mughalzhar district of the Aktobe region in Kazakhstan. She recently made headlines after posting a selfie on social media while holding a bouquet of tulips, which led to public outcry over the alleged illegal picking of protected flowers. Berdybaeva claimed that the tulips were given to her by her daughter during a nature outing and insisted that there were no signs indicating that the flowers should not be picked. The incident has drawn attention from law enforcement, and an investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the event.