# Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

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**Review date:** 20.10.2026
**Profile ID:** `qbio:person:35788a7c721d79b0a6bb`
**Data status:** archival source
**Sources:** 5
**Profile:** <https://qaz.bio/en/p/tokaev-persona>

## Short brief

President of Kazakhstan since 2019. A diplomat and former Prime Minister, Senate Chairman and head of the UN Office at Geneva.

## Published periods

- **2019-03-20** · President of the Republic of Kazakhstan · Republic of Kazakhstan · [Source](<https://akorda.kz/ru/president/president>)

## Biography from sources

### Birth date and place

Born on 17 May 1953 in Alma-Ata, now Almaty.

### Education

- 1975 – Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
- Pre-degree internship at the Soviet Embassy in China.
- 1983–1984 – internship at the Beijing Linguistic Institute.
- 1992 – Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Doctor of Political Science.

### Biography

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is a Kazakh statesman and diplomat who has served as President of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 20 March 2019. He previously headed the Foreign Ministry, Government and Senate, and served as a UN Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. His father, Kemel Tokayev (1923–1986), was a writer. His mother, Turar Shabarbayeva (1931–2000), worked at the Alma-Ata Teacher Training Institute of Foreign Languages.

### Career from source

- 1975 – joined the Soviet Foreign Ministry and was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Singapore.
- 1979 – returned to the Soviet Foreign Ministry.
- 1984–1991 – served in the Soviet Foreign Ministry and Embassy in China.
- 1992 – Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan.
- 1993 – First Deputy Foreign Minister.
- 1994 – appointed Foreign Minister.
- March 1999 – Deputy Prime Minister.
- October 1999–January 2002 – Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
- January 2002 – Secretary of State and Foreign Minister.
- 2003–2007 – Foreign Minister.
- 2007–2011 – Chairman of the Senate.
- 2008 – elected Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
- 2011–2013 – UN Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament.
- 16 October 2013 – elected Senate Chairman again.
- 20 March 2019 – took the presidential oath.
- 9 June 2019 – elected President, inaugurated on 12 June.
- Since January 2022 – Chairman of the Security Council.
- 20 November 2022 – re-elected President, inaugurated on 26 November.

## Facts from the source

- **Role start date:** 20.03.2019
- **Source status:** verified
- **Official source:** Официальная биография Президента Республики Казахстан
- **Current role:** President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- **Organisation:** Republic of Kazakhstan

## Name variants

- Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев

## Sources

- **akorda.kz** · archival source · 20.10.2026 · <https://akorda.kz/ru/president/president>
- **qaz.bio** · archival source · 20.10.2026 · <https://qaz.bio/evidence-archive/e60cb546653ee4372fa4574756b1260d8568f8a840045c117358633e015af680>
- **akorda.kz** · source available · <https://akorda.kz/en/president/president>
- **akorda.kz** · source available · <https://akorda.kz/kz/president/president>
- **qaz.vision** · source available · <https://qaz.vision/tokaev-persona>

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