H.E. Mr. Yerkin Тukumov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Biography
Date of birth: July 2, 1973
1997 – Institute of International Relations of the University of Warsaw;
2016 – Kennedy School of Public Administration of the Harvard University
He holds a PhD in Political Science.
1997–2000 – Senior Researcher at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2000–2005 – Chief Researcher, Head of the Department of Foreign Policy and International Relations of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2005–2007 – Director of the Public Fund «Central Asian Fund for the Development of Democracy».
2007–2008 – Head of the Sector of the Information and Analytical Center of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2008 – Head of the Sector of the Center for Strategic Studies and Analysis of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2008–2010 – Deputy Director, Director of the Department of Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2010–2018 – Head of the Analytical Department of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2018–2019 – Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Kazan (Russian Federation).
2019–2022 – Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation.
2022–2025 – Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2025 –2026 – Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Afghanistan.
Since October 13, 2026 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Proficient in Polish and English.