Adil K. Tursunov

Born on May 5, 1973 in Almaty.

Education:

1994 - Kazakh State Academy of Management;

2001 - Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Career:

1994-1996 – positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty;
1996-1998 – Attaché, Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of India;
1998-1999 – Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Azerbaijan;
2001-2003 – positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2003-2004 – Head of the Secretariat of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2004 – Head of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2004-2008 – Chargé d'Affaires e.p. of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Singapore;
2008-2009 – Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Center of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2009-2012 – Director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2012-2014 – Chargé d'Affaires e.p. of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Georgia;
2015-2016 – Director of the CIS Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2016-2019 – Head of the Foreign Policy Center of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2019-2022 – Diplomatic Adviser, Diplomatic Aide to the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2022-2023 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
Since February 2023 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Norway

He has the Diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Ist class.
Awarded by the orders "Құрмет" and "Парасат".