
Marat Tazhin
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Czech Republic
Born in 1960 in Aktyubinsk. In 1981 graduated from the Alma-Ata Institute of National Economy, an economist. PhD in Philosophy (1985). Doctor of Sociology (1988). Doctoral student at the University of London (1988). Professor (since 1993). Professor Emeritus at Istanbul University (since 2008). Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, academician of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, academician and president of the Academy of Political Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, president of the Association of Sociologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan, President of the Union of Sociologists of Turkic-speaking countries. Author of the monographs “Regional Research in the USSR” in English (London, 1988), “Non-productive activity of the urban population in the USSR” in English (London, 1989), “Man. Region. City "(1990)," Sociology of the region "in the Kazakh language (1993, co-authored)," Fundamentals of sociology "in the Kazakh language (1993, co-authored), As well as many scientific and political articles.
• Since 1981 - Junior Researcher, Council for the Study of Productive Forces, Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR.
• In 1983-1987 - Graduate student, teacher at S.M. Kirov Kazakh National University.
• Since 1991 - Head of the Department of the Institute for Advanced Studies of Teachers of Social Sciences at Al-Farabi Kazakh State University.
• Since 1992 - Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Policy of the Office of the President and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Head of the Information and Analytical Center of the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Head of the Department of Internal Policy of the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since June 1993 - Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Head of the Information and Analytical Center Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since October 1994 - State Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Head of the Information and Analytical Center of the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since October 1995 - Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Head of the Center for Analysis and Strategic Studies of the Presidential Administration.
• Since February 1999 - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on national security issues - Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since 2000 - Сhairman of the State Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the fight against corruption.
• Since May 2001 - Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since December 2001 - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on National Security Issues - Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since September 2002 - First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since April 2006 - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since January 2007 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since September 2009 - Assistant to the President - Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since January 2013 - State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since February 2014 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation.
• Since January 2017 - First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Since March 2019 - State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• From November 26 - 2019 to the present - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Czech Republic.
Awarded with the orders "Kurmet" (2002), "Barys" I degree (2007) and Barys II degree (2016); with six medals.
Honorary Officer of the National Security Bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Diplomatic rank - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.