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Born in Alma-Ata city, he graduated from the Kazakh State Institute of Physical Culture.
In 1969, he won the USSR Cup. In 1970-1971, he was the welterweight boxing champion of the USSR.
Born in Zhambyl region, he graduated from the Lelngrad State University, Alma-Ata National Economy Institute.
In 1997-2001, he was President, rector of the Central Asian University. Throughout many years, he held different senior positions at the Kazakh President’s Office. From 2001 to 2008, he served as head of the Executive Secretariat of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan – Deputy Chairman of the Assembly.
Between 2012 and 2016, he was Deputy of the Majilis of the Kazakh Parliament, 5th convocation, member of the Social and Cultural Development Committee.
The Almaty city native graduated from the Beijing Linguistics University, Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University.
He served as Ambassador-at-large of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry. In 2009, he was Special Kazakh Government Representative in charge of cooperation with Afghanistan. Between 2008 and 2015, he was a coordinator on the work of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. In 2015-2019, he was Kazakh Ambassador to China and North Korea (concurrently).
Born in Zhambyl region, he graduated from the Almaty Institute of International Professions, completed leadership personnel training programs at Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge as well as the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University.
He served as the Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at large in 2020.