Born on May 2, 1965, in Almaty.
In 1988, he graduated from Kazakh State University named after S. Kirov with a degree in history and foreign language teaching. In 1993, he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a degree in international relations and foreign policy.
From January to May 1988 – History teacher at Secondary School No. 170 in Almaty.
From 1988 to 1991 – Senior inspector for confidential paperwork, second secretary, first secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR, assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR.
From 1993 to 1994 – First Secretary, Head of the Department of State Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 1994 to 1996 – Consultant to the International Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Acting Head of the Protocol Service of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 1996 to 1997, he was First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Confederation.
In 1997, he was Head of the Asian Security Division of the Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 1997 to 1999, he was Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From January to October 2000, he was Deputy Director and First Deputy Director of the Nursultan Nazarbayev Education Foundation.
From 2000 to 2001, he was Head of the Press Service and Chief of Staff to the President of KazTransOil CJSC, an oil transportation company.
From 2001 to 2003 – Chief of Staff, Advisor to the First Vice President, Chief of Staff to the President of KazMunayGas JSC.
From 2003 to 2004 – General Director of Rauan Media Group JSC.May to August 2004 – First Deputy Head of the Central Office of the Otan Republican Political Party.
2004 to 2005 – Head of the Presidential Administration of KazMunayGas JSC.
From 2005 to 2006 – First Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Legal Entities “National Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers of Kazakhstan “Atameken”.
From 2006 to 2007, he was Head of the Central Office of the Republican Political Party Otan.
From January to June 2007, he was Director of Berkut Financial and Industrial Group LLP.
From 2007 to 2008, he was the executive director of the Kazakh Association of Oil and Gas and Energy Organizations KazEnergy.
From 2008 to 2009, he was the general director of Rauan Media Group JSC.
From 2009 to 2010, he was Chairman of the Board of JSC National Company Social and Entrepreneurial Corporation Yertis.
From 2010 to 2014, he was Deputy and First Deputy Akim of East Kazakhstan Region.
From 2014 to 2016 – Vice Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 2016 to 2018 – Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From May 2018 to January 2019 – Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 2019 to 2020 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.From 2020 to 2023 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation.
From 2023 to 2025 – Governor of East Kazakhstan Region.
From February to September 2025 – Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From September 26, 2025, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Speaks English, Korean, and German.