TIMUR SULTANGOZHIN AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN TO THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
By the decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, dated January 23, 2025, Timur Sultangozhin was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Hellenic Republic.
He was born on September 5, 1981, in Tselinograd. In 2002, he graduated from the Abylai Khan Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages, and in 2010, he obtained a degree from the University of Wales (United Kingdom).
His professional career began as a specialist at the "Kazspecexport" RSE under the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan. Since 2003, he has worked within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, holding positions such as referent, attaché, third secretary of the Department of Europe and America, and second secretary at the Center for Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship Promotion.
From 2005 to 2009, he held diplomatic positions at the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Poland, after which he was appointed as a special Advisor to the Director of the OSCE/ODIHR, later serving as a program officer in the OSCE/ODIHR Department of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination.
From 2013 to 2017, he served as Head of the Pan-European Cooperation Division and Deputy Director of the Europe Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. From 2017 to 2020, he was an counsellor at the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Hellenic Republic.
From 2020 to 2022, he was the Director General of the Department of Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.
Before his appointment as Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Hellenic Republic, he served as Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
He holds the diplomatic rank of Counselor of the II Class.
He is fluent in English and Polish.