Birth date and place
Born on 14 August 1972 in Shymkent.
PERSON
Roman Vasilenko
Diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Head of Kazakhstan’s Mission to the European Union and NATO.
Verified 05.08.2026
Biography from sources
Education
Graduated with honours from the Military Academy of Economics, Finance and Law of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1994.
Career from source
- Began his career as a senior specialist in the International Department of the Office of the President of Kazakhstan.
- Worked in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Secretariat of the State Secretary.
- In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, served as Ambassador-at-Large and Chair of the Committee for International Information, and worked at Kazakhstan’s embassies in the United Kingdom and the United States.
- Served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2016–2019 and as Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Slovakia in 2019–2022.
- Before his appointment as Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and Head of the Mission to the European Union and NATO, he had served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since January 2022.