Born 21 April 1964 in Kazakhstan (Panfilov city, Almaty Province)

December 2016 - December 2018: Minister of Foreign Affair of Kazakhstan

November 2013 - December 2016: Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, New York

March 2011 - November 2013: Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria - Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna

December 2008 - March 2011: Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the OSCE, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council (2010), Vienna

August 2007 - December 2008: Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria - Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna

March 2006 - August 2007: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan

May 2003 - March 2006: Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Israel

February 2001 - April 2003: Deputy Chief of Mission - Minister-Counselor of the Embassy of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1999 - 2001: Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1998 - 1999: Director of the Department of Bilateral Co-operation (Europe & Americas, Asia, Middle East & Africa), MFA

1994 - 1998: Head of Division, Deputy Chief, and Chief of the Department of Asia; Deputy Director of the Department of Asia, Middle East & Africa; Director of the Department of Europe and America, MFA

1993 - 1994: Joined the Kazakhstan Foreign Service; Third, Second Secretary of the European Department, MFA

1987 - 1993: Lecturer in history at the Kazakhstan National Technical University (Almaty); Post-graduate studies at the Kazakh National State University

Education: 1981 - 1987: Kazakh National State University, Almaty (History)

Language: Kazakh, Russian, English

Diplomatic rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Awarded by the State Orders of Kazakhstan - "Parasat" and "Kurmet", medals

Married, has two children