Mukhtar Beskenuly Tileuberdi (, ''Mūhtar Beskenūly Tıleuberdı'', ; born June 30, 1968) is a Kazakh statesman, diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the

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, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to International Organizations in

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(2023). who served as

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of the Republic of

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from 18 September 2019 until 29 March 2023. He also served as

Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan The Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan () is a member in the Government of Kazakhstan. The post is usually led by multiple people who carry out their activities in accordance with the policies established by the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and ...

from 2022 to 2023.

Early life and education

Tileuberdi was born June 30, 1968, in the village of Aksu, Chimkent region. He graduated from Kirov Kazakh State University (

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (), also called KazNU or KazGU, is a national research university located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Named after philosopher and scholar al-Farabi, it is one of the country's largest universities. KazNU is Kaza ...

) majoring in philosophy. After graduating from the university, he started working at the departments of History of Philosophy and Chinese Philology of the Al-Farabi Kazakh State University.

Career

Tileuberdi was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 September 2019. Prior to that, he had served as First Vice Minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019. Tileuberdi has an extensive diplomatic career. He served as Kazakhstan Ambassador to

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with concurrent accreditation to

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, and the

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. He also served as Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the

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and with concurrent accreditation to

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and the

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. Additionally, he served as the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in

Geneva Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...

. During his tenure as Foreign Minister, Tileuberdi pays great attention to supporting foreign investors interested in the Kazakh market and Kazakh businesses abroad. In one of his op-eds Tileuberdi emphasized that the Foreign Ministry was at the forefront of economic diplomacy aimed at promoting Kazakhstan as an investment destination. Tileuberdi is active in the advocacy of interethnic and interfaith tolerance.

Awards

Order of Parasat The Order of Parasat (, ''Parasat ordeni''; the Order of Nobility) is an order awarded by the government of Kazakhstan. It was established in 1993. The order is awarded to notable figures in the fields of science, culture, literature and art, as w ...

(2020) * Medal for Distinguished Labor (2016)

References

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