RAKHMETULLIN Akan
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Biography
Date of Birth: |
February 2, 1967 |
Education: |
Almaty Energy Institute, major – Electrical Engineering (1991) Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, graduated with honors (1999), Astana |
Foreignlanguages: |
English, Urdu |
1991 - 1993 |
Engineer, Corporation for Business and Scientific-Technical Cooperation «Druza» |
1993 |
Desk officer, Attaché, Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
1994 - 1996 |
Attaché, Third Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
1996 - 1997 |
Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Consular Department Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
1999 - 2002 |
Second Secretary, First Secretary and Counsellor, Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty |
2002 - 2004 |
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, New York |
2004 |
Counsellor, Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
2004 - 2005 |
Head of Division , Department of International Humanitarian and Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
2005 |
Head, Center for Promoting the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Bid for the OSCE Chairmanship (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan) |
2005 - 2007 |
Deputy Director, Department of Pan-European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
2007 - 2011 |
Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Austria; Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the OSCE, Vienna |
2011 - 2015 |
Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, New York |
2015 - 2019 |
Director, Department of Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
2019 - 2021 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
2021 - 2022 |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
2022 |
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
2022 - 2024 |
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, New York |
2024 - 2025 |
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
since December 9, 2025 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) |
Diplomaticrank: |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Maritalstatus: |
Married, four children |
State awards: |
Order of «Qurmet», Medal «Yeren Enbegi Ushin» (For Distinguished Labor) |