Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliev Elected President of the Turkic Investment Fund

The Board of Governors of the Turkic Investment Fund, the Fund’s highest governing body, unanimously elected H.E. Kubanychbek Omuraliev as President.

The Board of Governors of the Turkic Investment Fund (TIF), which represents six Member States (Azerbaijan, Hungary, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Türkiye and Uzbekistan) unanimously elected H.E. Kubanychbek Omuraliev as the next President of the Fund, following H.E. Baghdad Amreyev, the Fund’s founding President, whose mandate concluded on 11 November 2026. Mr. Omuraliev took office on 12 November 2026.

Mr. Omuraliev brings more than three decades of experience in diplomacy, regional economic cooperation and institutional governance. Before joining the Fund, he served as Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States from 2022 to 2026, following his appointment at its Ninth Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. During his tenure, he led the Secretariat as the Organization expanded its international partnerships and advanced cooperation in trade, investment, transport and logistics.

From 2019 to 2022, Mr. Omuraliev served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Türkiye, with concurrent accreditation to Israel from 2021. He previously served as Ambassador to Belarus and Permanent Representative to the Commonwealth of Independent States from 2015 to 2019, with concurrent accreditation to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 2016. His earlier appointments included Consul General in the United Arab Emirates, Minister-Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States and Canada, and Director of the Department of Economic Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Under Mr. Omuraliev’s presidency, the Fund will continue to advance economic cooperation among its Member States by financing projects that strengthen regional connectivity, expand opportunities for cross-border trade and investment, and contribute to sustainable development.