Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | |
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| Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan | |
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Assumed office 16 October 2013 |
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| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Kairat Mami |
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In office 11 January 2007 – 15 April 2011 |
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| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Nurtai Abykayev |
| Succeeded by | Kairat Mami |
| Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva | |
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In office 12 March 2011 – 16 October 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Sergei Ordzhonikidze |
| Succeeded by | Michael Møller |
| 4th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | |
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In office 1 October 1999 – 28 January 2002 |
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| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Nurlan Balgimbayev |
| Succeeded by | Imangali Tasmagambetov |
| Personal details | |
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May 17, 1953 Almaty, Kazakh SSR |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Political party | Nur Otan |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Kassym-Zhomart Kemeluly Tokayev (Kazakh: Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasım-Jomart Kemelulı Toqayev, قاسى-جومارت كەمەلۇلى توقايەۆ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who has served as Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan since 16 October 2013. He previously held the same post from 11 January 2007 to 15 April 2011. Tokayev served as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 1 October 1999 to 28 January 2002 and as Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva from 12 March 2011 to 16 October 2013.
His father, Kemel Tokayev (1923-1986), was a veteran of the Second World War and a well-known Kazakh writer. His mother, Turar Shabarbayeva (1931–2000), worked at the Alma-Ata Institute of Foreign Languages. In 1970, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev joined the Moscow State Institute of International relations. In his fifth year, he was sent to the training courses at the USSR Embassay in China for six months. Upon graduation from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1975, Tokayev joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR and was posted to the Soviet Embassy in the Republic of Singapore. In 1979, he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. In 1983, he went to the People’s Republic of China for training courses at the Beijing Language Institute. In 1984–1985, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was then posted to the Soviet Embassy in Beijing where he served until 1991 as Second Secretary, First Secretary, and Counsellor. In 1991, he enrolled at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in Moscow in a training course for senior diplomats.
In 1992, Tokayev was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1993, he became First Deputy Foreign Minister and in 1994 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. In March 1999, he was promoted to the post of Deputy Prime Minister. In October 1999, with the endorsement of the Parliament, he was appointed Prime Minister by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In January 2002, he resigned and was subsequently appointed Secretary of State – Minister of Foreign Affairs. Tokayev continued to serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs until January 2007 when he was elected Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Tokayev held the post of Foreign Minister for ten years (1994–1999, 2002–2007).
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