Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

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Source: Akorda (Official website of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been President of Kazakhstan since 2019, first as acting president from March 2019 and sworn in in June 2019. A diplomat by training, he was Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Senate and Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva.[3]

Country

Kazakhstan

Born

17 May 1953, Almaty, Kazakhstan[3]

First office on record

Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1994

1. In office

   President[1][2]

   Republic of KazakhstanVerified

2. 2013 – 2019

   Chairman of the Senate (second term)[3]

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3. 2011 – 2013

   Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva[3]

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4. 2007 – 2011

   Chairman of the Senate[3]

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5. 2002 – 2007

   Minister of Foreign Affairs (second term)[3]

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6. 1999 – 2002

   Prime Minister of Kazakhstan[3]

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7. 1994 – 1999

   Minister of Foreign Affairs[3]

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• Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1975)[3]
• Beijing Language Institute (training courses, 1983)[3]