Tumysh Kanat

Date of birth: November 7, 1975

Place of birth: Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Education: Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan (1997, Bachelor of Arts); Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan (1999, Master of Arts)

Foreign languages:English, Turkish

1997-1998 – Referent, Attaché of the Unit of the State Protocol of the Third Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

1998-1999 – Third Secretary of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

1999-2001 – Third Secretary of the Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Istanbul (the Republic of Turkiye);

2001-2003 – Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Turkiye;

2003 – Second Secretary of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2003-2005 – Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Hungary;

2005-2006 – First Secretary of the Department of International Organizations and Security Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2006-2007 – Counsellor, Head of the Division of the Asian Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2007-2010 – Head of the Unit, Deputy Director of the Department of Panasian Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2010-2014 – Deputy Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA);

2014-2015 – Adviser of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on United Nations Security Council;

2015-2016 – Minister-Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations;

2016-2019 – 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 Republic of South Africa;

January, 2023 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

August, 2023-present – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

March 26, 2024 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic concurrently.

Diplomatic rank:Second Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Marital status:Married with three children