Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев
	Tokayev in 2024
2nd President of Kazakhstan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 June 2019
Prime Minister	Askar Mamin; Alihan Smaiylov
Preceded by	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 January 2022
Preceded by	Nursultan Nazarbayev
6th Chair of the Senate
	In office; 16 October 2013 – 19 March 2019
Deputy	Qairat Işçanov; Asqar Beisenbaev; Sergey Gromov; Bektas Beknazarov
Preceded by	Kairat Mami
Succeeded by	Dariga Nazarbayeva
	In office; 11 January 2007 – 15 April 2011
Deputy	Muhambet Kopeev; Aleksandr Sudin
Preceded by	Nurtai Abykayev
Succeeded by	Kairat Mami
State Secretary of Kazakhstan
	In office; 29 January 2002 – 13 June 2003
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Abish Kekilbayev
Succeeded by	Imangali Tasmagambetov
4th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
	In office; 12 October 1999 – 28 January 2002; Acting: 1 October 1999 – 12 October 1999
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
First Deputy	Aleksandr Pavlov; (1999–2000); Daniyal Akhmetov; (2000–2001)
Preceded by	Nurlan Balgimbayev
Succeeded by	Imangali Tasmagambetov
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
	In office; 15 March 1999 – 1 October 1999
Prime Minister	Nurlan Balgimbayev
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 29 January 2002 – 11 January 2007
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Imangali Tasmagambetov; (2002–2003); Daniyal Akhmetov; (2003–2007); Karim Massimov; (2007)
Preceded by	Erlan Idrissov
Succeeded by	Marat Tazhin
	In office; 13 October 1994 – 12 October 1999
Prime Minister	Akezhan Kazhegeldin; (1994–1997); Nurlan Balgimbayev; (1997–1999)
Preceded by	Kanat Saudabayev
Succeeded by	Erlan Idrissov
Member of the Senate
	In office; 16 October 2013 – 19 March 2019
	In office; 11 January 2007 – 15 April 2011
Chairman of the Assembly of People
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 April 2021
Preceded by	Nursultan Nazarbayev
11th Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
	In office; 12 March 2011 – 16 October 2013
Preceded by	Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Succeeded by	Michael Møller
Personal details
Born	Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich Tokayev; 17 May 1953 (aged 72); Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union; (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Nationality	Kazakhstani
Political party	Nur Otan
Other political; affiliations	KPSS (before 1991)
Spouse(s)	Nadezhda Tokayeva (divorced)
Children	Timur Tokayev, ; Manira Tokayev
Residence	Ak Orda Presidential Palace
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Signature
Website	akorda.kz
Military service
Allegiance	Kazakhstan
Branch/service	Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Years of service	2019–present
Rank	; Supreme Commander

Kassym-Jomart Kemelevich Tokayev (born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat. He became the President of Kazakhstan on 20 March 2019,^[2] after Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned on 19 March 2019.^[3]

He was Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan from 16 October 2013 to 19 March 2019 and from 11 January 2007 to 15 April 2011.^[4]

Tokayev was Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 1 October 1999 to 28 January 2002 and as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva from 12 March 2011 to 16 October 2013.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Media

Tokayev with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, 19 January 2000
Tokayev with President Nursultan Nazarbayev (right) during the visit to the International Atomic Energy Agency, September 2004
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev with Sergey Lavrov and John Kerry on 13 September 2013
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
President Tokayev meeting with Kazakhstani officials after opening session of the Mazhilis.
Tokayev (right) with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, 25 September 2019
Tokayev at the 2019 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit
Tokayev at the 2021 Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States in Istanbul, Turkey
Tokayev and Putin in the Kremlin, 4 April 2019
Tokayev meets with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Astana, 28 February 2023