H.E. AMBASSADOR BAGHDAD AMREYEV

Personal information

Date of birth: 1 March 1959, Republic of Kazakhstan

Education

1976-1982 - Tajik State University, Department of Oriental Studies

Work experience

2022 - ongoing

President of the Turkic Investment Fund, Chairman of the Board of Directors

2018 - 2022

Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States

2011 - 2018

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Iran

Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2014-2018)

2008-2011

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Türkiye.

Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Albania.

2002-2008

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Arab Republic of Egypt

Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Middle East:

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The Lebanese Republic
The Kingdom of Morocco
The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Coordinating Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the African states.

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)

1996-2002

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to:

The State of Kuwait
The Kingdom of Bahrain
The Sultanate of Oman
The United Arab Emirates

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the OIC

1995-1996

Head of the Department of Middle East (Arab countries and Israel), Near East (Türkiye, Iran, and Afghanistan), and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1992-1994

Head of Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1988-1991

Embassy of USSR in Baghdad, Iraq

1985-1988

Senior Lecturer at Kazakh State University named after Al-Farabi

1982-1985

Embassy of USSR in Damascus, Syria

1980-1981

Translator in the Democratic Republic of Yemen

Additional diplomatic missions

2015 - 2018: Special Envoy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Middle East and Africa
2014-2017: Special Envoy for promoting the Republic of Kazakhstan’s candidacy for non-permanent UN Security Council membership for 2017-2018.
2012: Special Envoy for promotion of the candidacy of Astana to EXPO-2017
2012: Special Envoy for cooperation with the International Energy Forum
2011-2012: Advisor to the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Special Envoy for the World Trade Organization
2010-2012: Special Envoy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the OIC and its member states
2003-2009: The Head of the Working Group for preparation of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

Languages

English
Turkish
Arabic
Persian
Kazakh
Russian
Tajik

Awards

State awards

State orders of the Republicof Kazakhstan:

“Dostuk” in 2021
“Parasat” in 2012
“Kurmet” in 2004

Other orders:

Hungarian StateOrder of Merit, 2023
“Dostluk” Orderof the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2022
The High Order of the Republicof Türkiye, 2022
Medal of “TURKSOY” for his contribution to the establishment of the TurkicCouncil, 2013
Medal of the Pope Benedict XVI for the contribution to the dialogue of civilizations, 2006
40 various medalsof the Republic of Kazakhstan

Publications

Relations between Kazakhstan and Türkiye in Our Era and the Turkic World
(Dönemimizde Kazakistan Türkiye İlişkileri ve Türk Dünyası), Istanbul: Hayat Yayınları, 2011.
East and West: A Call for Globalization (Doğu ve Batı: Küreselleşme Çağrısı), Istanbul: Hayat Yayınları, 2011.
East and West: Challenges of Globalization (Восток и Запад: Вызовы Глобализации), Astana: Elorda, 2007.
Arabian Monarchies and their Place in Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy Priorities
(Аравийские монархии и их место во внешнеполитических приоритетах Казахстана), Astana: Elorda, 2004.
Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia: From Restoring Historical Ties to Political Partnership, 1992-2002
(Казахстан и Саудовская Аравия: от восстановления исторических связей к политическому партнерству, 1992-2002), Astana: Elorda, 2003.