Galymzhan Koishybayev (Kazakh: Ғалымжан Тельманұлы Қойшыбаев, romanized: Ğalymjan Telmanūly Qoişybaev; born 12 April 1968) is a Kazakh diplomat and politician, who is serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and Chief of Staff of the Government since 2023.[1] Previously, he was the Head of the Office of the Prime Minister from 2019 to 2023.[2]

Ğalymjan Qoişybaev
Ғалымжан Қойшыбаев
Koishibaev in 2022
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Assumed office
4 January 2023
Prime MinisterÄlihan Smaiylov
Oljas Bektenov
Head of the Government Apparatus of Kazakhstan
Assumed office
6 February 2024
Head of the Office of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
26 March 2019 – 2023
Personal details
Born (1968-04-12) 12 April 1968 (age 56)
Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Alma materMoscow State University
AwardsOrder of Parasat, Order of Kurmet

Early life

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Koishybayev was born in 1968 in the city of Kyzylorda. He graduated from Moscow State University.[2]

Career

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From 1995 to 2004, he served as Attaché, Third Secretary, First Secretary, Counselor, and Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation. In 2004, he was the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Collective Security Treaty Organization.[2]

From 2004 to 2006, he was the Chief Inspector of the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan. From 2006 to 2008, he was Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2]

From 2008 to 2012, he served as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Lithuania and concurrently to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. From 2012 to 2016, he was the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Finland and Estonia.[3]

Since 2016, Koishybayev has served as the Republic of Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 26 March 2019, he was appointed Head of the Office of the Prime Minister by government decree.[2] On 4 January 2023, he began his duties as Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.[4] On 6 February 2024, by decree of the Head of State, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Government Apparatus of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[5]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Kazakhstan and UAE Deputy Prime Ministers forge strategic partnership for modernized public administration". Daryo. 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Deputy Prime Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government". Official Information Source of the Prime Minister
    of the Republic of Kazakhstan Official Information Source of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  3. ^ "By the presidential decree Galymzhan Telmanovich Koishybayev has been appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan with concurrent accreditation to Finland and Estonia". President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 15 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Galymzhan Koishybayev appointed as Deputy Prime Minister - Head of the Government Staff". КазТАГ. 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ Nurmaganbetova, Zhanna (6 February 2024). "Galymzhan Koishybayev reappointed as Vice Premier of Kazakhstan". Kazinform.
  6. ^ a b "Қойшыбаев Ғалымжан Тельманұлы". Inbusiness.kz (in Kazakh). Retrieved 1 June 2024.