Biographies of publicofficials
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Born on May 17, 1953, in Kazakhstan.
- Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Beijing Institute of Linguistics (PRC), the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Federation.
- Doctor of Political Sciences, Honorary Doctor and Professor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Federation, Honorary Doctor of the Geneva Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations, Member of the World Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
- Diplomatic rank – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
- Held the positions of Prime Minister, Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the third, fourth convocations.
- Deputy Secretary-General, the Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva, the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament,
- From October 16, 2013 – Chairman of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kabibulla Dzhakupov
Chairman of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Born on September 16, 1949 in West Kazakhstan region.
- Graduated from the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering Tselinograd Institute of Civil Engineering (1972), a civil engineer; Alma-Ata Higher Party School (1989), a political scientist.
- Candidate of Technical Sciences. International Academy of Ecology. Corresponding Member of the Engineering Academy of Kazakhstan. Academician of the National. Academy of Natural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Co-published three books on topic of building materials.
- From 1972 – producer of works, chief engineer, chief of PMK-811 Trust “Uralskselstroy» № 8.
- From 1977 to 1981 – Chief Engineer of trust “Uralskkolhozstroy.”
- Since 1981 – Deputy Chairman of the Ural Soviet of People’s Deputies of the Kazakh SSR.
- Since 1983 – Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Industrial District Council of People’s Deputies of Uralsk.
- Since 1987 – the first secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan of the Leninsky District of Uralsk.
- Since 1989 – Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ural Soviet of People’s Deputies of the Kazakh SSR.
- From January 1993 to January 2001 (8 years) – Akim of West Kazakhstan region. Since 2001 – the first vice-minister of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
- Since 2003 – Deputy Head of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the representative of the Government in the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Since 2007 – Deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security.
- From January 2012 – Deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the fifth convocation, member of the People’s Democratic Party “Nur Otan”, elected on a party list.
- From September 2012 – elected Vice Chairman of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- From April 3, 2014 – Chairman of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Awarded the Order “Parasat” (2009), “Honor” (1999), “St. Daniel» II degree (Russian Federation), Honorary railroad Republic of Kazakhstan, Honorary builder of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Military rank – colonel.
- Married.
Karim Massimov
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Born in 1965.
- Graduated from Beijing Language Institute, Law School of Wuhan University (China), Kazakh State Academy of Management, made an internship at Columbia University.
- Doctor of Economics. Speaks English, Chinese, and Arabic languages.
- He was Chief Economist, head of department at the Ministry of Labour, senior specialist at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations office in Urumqi (China), Executive Director of the Kazakh Trading House in Hong Kong.
- He served as Chairman of Almaty Trade and Finance and National Savings banks. He was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications, Deputy Prime Minister, the Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- From January 2006 – Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- From April 2006 – Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Minister of Economy and Budget Planning.
- From January 2007 – Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- From September 2012 – Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- From April 2014 – Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Erlan Idrissov
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Born on April 28, 1959,
- Graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (International economic relations), Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of USSR (history of foreign politics and international relations).
- Speaks English, Hindi, Urdu, French languages.
- Has been on diplomatic service since July 1985 in Consular Service, Protocol and Political, Press and Information and Foreign Economic Relations branches of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Mr. Idrissov has held posts of 1st Secretary of Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to UN, Head of the Department of America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Assistant of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Since June 2002 – Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Sweden, The Kingdom of Norway and the Republic of Ireland.
- Since July 2007 – Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America with concurrent accreditation to the Federal Republic of Brazil.
- On September 28, 2012 was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Decorated with the “Kurmet” and “Parasat” Orders, “10 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Jubilee Medal, “Astana” Jubilee Medal, “10 years of the Constitution of Kazakhstan” Jubilee Medal, “10 years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Medal, “10 Year Anniversary of Astana” Jubilee Medal and “20 Years Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Jubilee Medal.
- Diplomatic rank – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.