Zhanar Aitzhanova

Zhanar Seyitakhmetqyzy Aitzhanova (Kazakh: Жанар Сейітахметқызы Айтжанова, Janar Seıitahmetqyzy Aıtjanova) is a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.

Zhanar Aitzhanova
Жанар Сейітахметқызы Айтжанова
Aitzhanova in 2016
Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the European Office of the United Nations
Assumed office
4 September 2019
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byMukhtar Tleuberdi
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
In office
12 March 2010  8 April 2011
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterKarim Massimov
Preceded byBakhyt Sultanov (Economy and Budget Planning)
Succeeded byKairat Kelimbetov
Personal details
Born (1965-05-09) 9 May 1965
South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

References

Education:

1982-1988 - Kazakh State University, Diploma in History and English Language;

1989-1990 - Post-graduate Research Program at the Moscow State University;

1991-1992 - Post-graduate Studies at the Charles University and the Central European University, Prague, Czech Republic;

1996-1997 - Executive Program in Economics and Public Finance, Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria;

2002-2003 - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, Master in Public Administration.


Career Professional experience:

1993-1996 - Programme Officer, Head of the Governance and Economic Transition Unit, UN/UNDP Office in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

1998-1999 - UNDP Assistant Resident Representative in Mongolia;

1999-2002 - Programme Coordinator, Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, UNDP, New York;

2003-2010 - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2005-2016 - Special Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the WTO Accession Negotiations;

2010-2011 - Minister for Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2011-2016 - Minister for Economic Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

June 2016 -September 2019 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Swiss Confederation;

May 2017 - September 2019 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the State of Vatican and to the Principality of Liechtenstein concurrently;

June 2016 - present - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva.

Diplomatic rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the I Class

Marital status: Married, has two sons.

Languages: Kazakh, Russian, English, Czech.

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