Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan since September 2, 2026 to present.
2023 to 2026 – Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria, Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna.
2021 to 2023 – Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2019 to 2021 – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2016 to 2019 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2009 to 2016 –
• Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Switzerland, Permanent Representative
to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.
• Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Liechtenstein, Holy See, to the Sovereign
Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta concurrently.
2004 to 2009 –
• Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Malaysia.
• Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and Philippines concurrently.
2003 to 2004 – Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1993 to 2003 – Various positions at the Foreign Ministry and the Embassies in South Korea and Israel. Adviser to the State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1985 to 1993 – Studied philosophy and worked at the Kazakh State University.
Born on 30 June 1968. Married, father of 3 children.