Zhanar Aitzhanova
Zhanar Seyitakhmetqyzy Aitzhanova (Kazakh: Жанар Сейітахметқызы Айтжанова, Janar Seıitahmetqyzy Aıtjanova) is a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.
Zhanar Aitzhanova Жанар Сейітахметқызы Айтжанова | |
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 Aitzhanova in 2016 | |
| Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the European Office of the United Nations | |
| Assumed office 4 September 2019 | |
| President | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Preceded by | Mukhtar Tleuberdi |
| Minister of Economic Integration | |
| In office 16 April 2011 – 11 May 2016 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Economic Development and Trade | |
| In office 12 March 2010 – 8 April 2011 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov |
| Preceded by | Bakhyt Sultanov (Economy and Budget Planning) |
| Succeeded by | Kairat Kelimbetov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 May 1965 South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
References
Education:
1982-1988 - Kazakh State University, Diploma in History and English Language;
1989-1990 - Post-graduate Research Program at the Moscow State University;
1991-1992 - Post-graduate Studies at the Charles University and the Central European University, Prague, Czech Republic;
1996-1997 - Executive Program in Economics and Public Finance, Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria;
2002-2003 - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, Master in Public Administration.
Career Professional experience:
1993-1996 - Programme Officer, Head of the Governance and Economic Transition Unit, UN/UNDP Office in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
1998-1999 - UNDP Assistant Resident Representative in Mongolia;
1999-2002 - Programme Coordinator, Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, UNDP, New York;
2003-2010 - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2005-2016 - Special Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the WTO Accession Negotiations;
2010-2011 - Minister for Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2011-2016 - Minister for Economic Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
June 2016 -September 2019 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Swiss Confederation;
May 2017 - September 2019 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the State of Vatican and to the Principality of Liechtenstein concurrently;
June 2016 - present - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva.
Diplomatic rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the I Class
Marital status: Married, has two sons.
Languages: Kazakh, Russian, English, Czech.