Merey Mukazhan

Merey Mukazhan

Appointed by the Heads of State at the Tenth Summit of the Organization of Turkic States held in Astana on 3 November 2023, and assumed his duties as Deputy Secretary General of the OTS on 16 November 2023.

Birth Place / Date

Kaynar, Abay region, Kazakhstan, 1986

Marital Status

Married and has one child

Education

BA and MA

2003 – 2008 International relations, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye

2003 – 2008 Accounting and audit, Faculty of Humanities and Economics, Shakarim University, Semey, Kazakhstan (In absentia study)

2008 – 2009 Master’s degree on Public policy, Department of Political Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom (Presidential Scholarship «Bolashak»)

Languages

Kazakh – Native; English – Fluent; Turkish – Fluent; Russian – Fluent; French – Intermediate;
German – Pre-Intermediate

11.2023 – present

Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States

08.2022 – 11.2023

Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Türkiye

12.2019 – 07.2022

Counsellor, Head of Division, Department of the Near, Middle East and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

08.2019 – 12.2019

Counsellor, Department of Asian Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

01.2019 – 08.2019

Head of Division, Acting Director, Department of Strategical development and international programs, Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Kazakhstan

02.2014 – 12.2018

Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna

09.2011 – 02.2014

Attaché, Third Secretary – Assistant to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

04.2011 – 09.2011

Attaché, Department of Central Asia, South Caucasus and Türkiye, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

04.2011 – 09.2011

Referent, Department of Central Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Trainings and programs

2010 - Diplomatic courses for Junior Diplomats from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia, Clingendael Institute of International Relations, Hague, Netherlands

2015 - Courses on «Negotiation and Leadership» by Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria and United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Vienna, Austria

2015 - International Visitor Leadership Program on «Combating corruption» by United States Department of State, Washington-Miami-Tulsa, United States

2019 - Courses for Civil servants appointed to a Senior Administrative public position of Corps “B”, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan

2022 - Courses on Attracting Foreign Direct Investments, Astana International Financial Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan

2023 - Irregular Migration Management International Certificate Program by Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy, Ankara, Türkiye

Awards

- Certificates of Appreciation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2011, 2014, 2022), Certificate of Honor by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021)

- Certificate of Appreciation by TÜRKSOY (2022)

- Medal «30 years of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2022)

- Award pin of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan «For active participation in rescue operations» (2023)

- Anniversary medal «Dinmukhammed Konaev – 110 years» (2023)

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