ZHOSHYBAEV RAPIL SEITKHANOVICH
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kyrgyz Republic
Biography
Date of birth: 22.08.1963
Education: Kyrgyz State University (1985);
St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance,
Russian Federation (1992)
1985 – 1986 – Economist at the Kyrgyz Scientific-Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agricultural Production of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz SSR.
1986 – 1988 – Senior Engineer at the Computing Center of the State Planning Committee of the Kyrgyz SSR.
1988 – 1989 – Research Assistant at the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics n.a. Voznesensky, RSFSR.
1989 – 1992 – Postgraduate student of St. Petersburg University of Economics
and Finance, Russian Federation.
1993 – Research Assistant at St. Petersburg University of Economics
and Finance, Russian Federation.
1993 – 1996 – Third Secretary, Second Secretary of the Department of International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1996 – 1998 – Second Secretary, First Secretary, Head of Division of the CIS Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1998 – 2000 – First Secretary, Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius.
2000 – 2003 – Deputy Chief of the Protocol of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2003 – 2004 – Head of the Department for Interconfessional Relations of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2004 – Chief Inspector of the Protocol of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2004 – 2007 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2007 – 2013 – Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2013 – 2016 – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
2013 – 2018 – Commissioner of the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO - 2017.
2018 – 2019 – Head of the International Center for Green Technologies and Investment Projects, NJSC, Astana.
18.12.2019 – present – Ambassador-at-Large, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Diplomatic rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 1st class.
Foreign languages: English.
Marital status: married, 5 children