title: Shamsha Berkimbayeva
text: # Shamsha Berkimbayeva
  
  Shamsha Kopbaevna Berkimbayeva (Kazakh: Шәмшә Көпбайқызы Беркімбаева; 10 October 1942 – 7 April 2022) was a Kazakh academic and politician. She served as Minister of Education and Science from 2002 to 2003. She died on 7 April 2022 at the age of 79.
  
  