Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

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.