Mūhtar Beskenūly Tıleuberdı (, ; born 30 June 1968) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan twice, since 2026 and from 2019 to 2023. Previously, he was ambassador to Austria, Switzerland, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and deputy prime minister from 2021 to 2023.
Early life and education Tileuberdi was born June 30, 1968, in the village of Aksu, Chimkent region.Досье: Тлеуберди Мухтар Бескенулы He graduated from Kirov Kazakh State University (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University) majoring in philosophy.Мухтар Тлеуберди возглавил МИД РК After graduating from the university, he started working at the departments of History of Philosophy and Chinese Philology of the Al-Farabi Kazakh State University.
Career
Tileuberdi was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 September 2019.Касым-Жомарт Токаев произвел ряд кадровых изменений Prior to that, he had served as First Vice Minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019.
Tileuberdi has an extensive diplomatic career. He served as Kazakhstan Ambassador to MalaysiaО назначении Тлеуберди М.Б. Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Республики Казахстан в Малайзии with concurrent accreditation to Indonesia, Brunei, and the Philippines.Тлеуберди Мухтар Бескенулы He also served as Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Switzerland and with concurrent accreditation to Liechtenstein and the Vatican.Указами Главы государства назначены Additionally, he served as the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
During his tenure as Foreign Minister, Tileuberdi pays great attention to supporting foreign investors interested in the Kazakh market and Kazakh businesses abroad. In one of his op-eds Tileuberdi emphasized that the Foreign Ministry was at the forefront of economic diplomacy aimed at promoting Kazakhstan as an investment destination.
Tileuberdi is active in the advocacy of interethnic and interfaith tolerance.
Awards
Order of Parasat (2020) Medal for Distinguished Labor (2016)
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