Akhinzhanov Yerkin Kadyrbekuly

Born on 28 September 1968 in Almaty.

Education: 1992 - Almaty Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.Education: 1992 - Almaty Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.1992 - Almaty Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.

1992 – English language teacher at the Kazakh State University of Economics.

1993 - 1995 – Referent, Attaché of the Consular Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1995 - 1997 – Attache, Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of India

1997 - 1998 – Third Secretary, Head of the Section of the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1998 - 2003 – Second Secretary, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of India

2003 – Head of the Section of Information and Analysis of the Secretariat of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2003 - 2005 – Head of Unit, Deputy Director of the Department of Europe and America of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2005 - 2008 – Director of the Department of Pan-European Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2008 - 2009 – Director of the Department of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2009 - 2011 – Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

2011 - 2012 – Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the international organizations in Vienna

2012 - 2014 – Director of the Department of Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2014 - 2017 – Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America

2017 - 2018 – Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations

2019 - 2023 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Norway

11.01.2023 - present – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of South Africa

Mr. Yerkin Akhinzhanov has the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the I class.