Background
Tokaev, Kassimjomart Kemel-uly was born on May 17, 1953 in Almaty, Kazakstan. Son of Kemel Tokaev and Turar Shabarbaeva.
Tokaev, Kassimjomart Kemel-uly was born on May 17, 1953 in Almaty, Kazakstan. Son of Kemel Tokaev and Turar Shabarbaeva.
Graduate, Institute International Rels., Moscow, 1975; student, Beijing Institute Chinese Language, 1983-1984.
With, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, 1975; with, Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Singapore, 1975-1979; 3d, 2d secretary, Min. Foreign Affairs, 1979-1983; 2d secretary, Min. Foreign Affairs, 1984-1985; secretary, Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, China, 1985-1991; trainee, Diplomatic Academy Foreign Ministry, Moscow, 1991-1992; deputy minister, Diplomatic Academy Foreign Ministry, Almaty, Kazakstan, 1992-1993; first deputy minister, Diplomatic Academy Foreign Ministry, Almaty, 1993-1994; minister, Diplomatic Academy Foreign Ministry, Almaty, since 1994.
Married Nadezhda Poznanskaya, August 12, 1983. 1 child, Timur.