He was born on July 8, 1958 in the Kainar village in the Algabas district of the South Kazakhstan region of the Kazakh SSR. Statesman of the Republic of Kazakhstan, diplomat, scientist, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Member of the National Kurultai under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

EDUCATION:

1980 – Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov, Faculty of Philology, Almaty;

2000 – Moscow State Social University, Faculty of Law, Moscow.

ACADEMIC TITLE, DEGREE, POSITION:

1987 – Candidate of Philological Sciences, Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR;

2004 – Professor of Linguistics;

2009 – Doctor of Philology;

2015 – Honorary Doctor of the University of Nigde of the Republic of Turkiye, Honorary Doctor of Hatay University of the Republic of Turkiye;

2023 – Winner of the Sh.Ualikhanov Prize for the best scientific research in the field of humanities;

2024 – Honorary Doctor of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University;

2024 – Honorary Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University of the People's Republic of China;

2024 – State Scientific Scholarship

2025 – Honorary Professor of Karakalpak State University named after Berdakh;

2025 – Honorary Doctor of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

2025 – Honorary Professor of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

ACADEMIC DEGREE:

Honorary Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2009);

Honorary Academician of the Academy of Ch.Aitmatov of the Kyrgyz Republic (2023);

Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (2024);

Honorary Academician of the National Law Academy (2024);

Honorary Academician of the Turon Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2025);

Foreign Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2025);

Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2025);

Foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan (2025).

CAREER:

1980-1993 – Senior lecturer, Associate Professor at Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov;

1993-1994 – First Secretary, Head of the Department of Management of the Countries of the Middle and Middle East, Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

1994-1997 – Second, then First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Turkey;

1997-1999 – Chief Expert of the Protocol Service of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

1999 – Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Turkiye (Istanbul);

1999-2004 – Head of Protocol of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

03/31/2004-02/01/2006 – Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Head of Protocol of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

02/01/2006-01/10/2007 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation;

10.01.2007-09.2010 – Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

10.2010-10.2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Turkey;

03.2011-10.2016 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Albania concurrently;

07.10.2016-20.06.2018 – Akim of South Kazakhstan region;

06/20/2018-02/26/2019 – Akim of Turkestan region;

02/28/2019-02.2021 – Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan – Head of the Secretariat of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

02/10/2021 to the present – Rector of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

OTHER POSITIONS:

2007-2010 – Chairman of the Board of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS countries;

2007-2010 – Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after H.A.Yasawi;

2008-2010 – Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC «STC Parasat».

AWARDS:

The Order «Qurmet» (2003);

Medal «10 years of Astana» (2008);

The Order «Parasat» (2011);

Medal «20 years of independence of Kazakhstan» (2011);

Medal of the Association of entrepreneurs and businessmen of Turkiye «for strengthening the friendship between Kazakhstan and Turkiye» (2011);

International platform for the development of tourism in Turkey (TÜTAP) award «for individual achievements in international relations» (2011);

Jubilee Medal «20 years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2015);

Award-winning recognition of the administration of the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan «for impeccable service» (2019);

Jubilee Medal «25 years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2020);

Jubilee Medal «25 years of Assembly of people of Kazakhstan» (2020);

Golden Medal of the assembly of people of Kazakhstan «Birlik»;

Order «Barys» II degree (2022);

Order «Dostyk» Kyrgyz Republic (2024);

The order «Barys» I degree (2024).