Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for external affairs
Erzhan Kh. KAZYKHAN
Mr. Erzhan Kazykhan was born on August 21, 1964 in Almaty.
In 1987 graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University. Ambassador Kazykhan holds PhD in History from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
1989-1992 - Second, First Secretary of the Protocol and Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1992-1995 - Chief of Protocol, Deputy Head of the State Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1995-1999 - First Secretary, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN in New York.
1999-2003 - Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2003-2007 - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN in New York; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Cuba concurrently.
2007-2008 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2008 - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2009-2011 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to International Organizations in Vienna.
2011 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2011-2012 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2012-2014 - Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2014-2017 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Ireland and the Republic of Iceland concurrently.
2017-2021 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America.
2021- 2022 - Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for International Cooperation.
From January 2022 to September 2023 - Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for International Cooperation.
On September 1, 2023, by the Presidential Decree, Mr Kazykhan was appointed Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for external affairs.
Mr. Erzhan Kazykhan holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
He is awarded with the state orders: «Qurmet» (2011), «Parasat» (2016), «Barys» III degree (2021) and the Badge of honor of the Presidential Administration «For Superior service» (2014).
He is the author of numerous articles on Kazakhstan's foreign policy and multilateral diplomacy.
Ambassador Kazykhan speaks English and Arabic.
Married, has 2 children.