Murat Nurtleu

Murat Abugaliuly Nurtleu (Kazakh: Мұрат Әбуғалиұлы Нұртілеу) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat, who is currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[1] He previously served as Chief of Staff of the President of Kazakhstan.

Murat Nurtleu
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Assumed office
3 April 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime MinisterÄlihan Smaiylov
Preceded byMukhtar Tleuberdi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
3 April 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime MinisterÄlihan Smaiylov
Preceded byMukhtar Tleuberdi
Personal details
Born (1976-03-11) 11 March 1976
Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh

Early life and career

Murat Nurtleu was born on March 11, 1976, in Almaty (Kazakhstan, USSR). He graduated from Kazakh National University with a degree in International Relations in 1998. He speaks fluent Kazakh, Russian, English and German.[2]

From 1998 to 2007, he held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.[3]

From 2007–2011, he first served as deputy chairman, then as Chairman of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[4]

In 2011, he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Ambassador-at-large. In the same year, he was appointed as Director of Foreign Ministry's Asia and Africa department. Between 2011 and 2014, Murat Nurtleu served as Minister Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva (Swiss Confederation).

From 2014 to 2016, he worked as Deputy Head of the Center for Foreign Policy of the Presidential Administration.[5]

He then served as Kazakhstan's Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, and concurrently as Ambassador to Estonia between 2016 and 2019.[6]

Murat Nurtleu was appointed as Aide to the President of Kazakhstan in March 2019.[7] He then served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the President between 2021 and 2022.[8] In January 2022, Murat Nurtleu was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee. He then served as Chief of Staff of the President of Kazakhstan from 2022 to 2023.[9]

On April 3, 2023, by the Decree of the President, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[10]

Personal life

Murat Nurtleu is married and has four children.[11]

Awards

References
  1. "Murat Nurtleu appointed Deputy Prime Minister -Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan". inform.kz. 2023-04-03.
  2. "President of Kazakhstan replaces foreign minister". turkmenportal.com. 2023-04-03.
  3. "New foreign minister appointed in Kazakhstan". Mehr News Agency. 2023-04-03.
  4. "Murat Nurtleu appointed Deputy Prime Minister -Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan". kt.kz. 2023-04-03.
  5. "Kazakhstan in the UN system. New trend to transform the world". kazpravda.kz. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  6. "Tokayev appointed his former assistant as head of his administration". kaztag.kz. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  7. "Murat Nurtleuov to serve as Assistant to Kazakh President". inform.kz. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  8. "Tokayev appointed his former assistant as head of his administration". kaztag.kz. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  9. "Мурат Нуртлеу назначен Руководителем Администрации Президента РК". 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  10. "Токаев назначил нового министра иностранных дел" (in Russian). 2023-04-03.
  11. "Murat Nurtleu". Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  12. "Назначен глава администрации президента" (in Russian). 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
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