HE Magzhan Ilyassov

General information and education:

Kazakh State University of World Languages and International Relations (1996),

Bachelor’s Degree

Training courses for diplomats, Clingendael Institute of International Relations, the

Hague, Netherlands (1998)

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Public Administration (2013), Master’s

Degree in Public Administration

Languages: Kazakh, Russian, English, German

Career

1996-1998 – Referent, Attaché of the International Organizations and International

Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of

Kazakhstan

1998-1999 – Third Secretary, Second Secretary of the United Nations and

International Economic Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

the Republic of Kazakhstan

1999-2007 – International visits Department, Protocol to the President of the

Republic of Kazakhstan

2007-2012 – Head of the Foreign Policy Center, Administration of the President of

the Republic of Kazakhstan

2013 – Adviser to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2013-2016 – Adviser to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Head of the

Foreign Policy Center of the Administration of the President of the Republic of

Kazakhstan

2016-2020 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of

Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Permanent Representative to the

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

2020-2022 – Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United

Nations

2022-2025 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of

Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2023-2025 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of

Kazakhstan to Iceland and Ireland concurrently

Since October 20, 2025 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the

Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America

Married, he is the father of three sons.