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Kassym-Zhomart Kemelevich Tokaev (Kazakh: Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev Camelli; b. May 17, 1953(1953-05-17), Alma-ATA, Kazakh SSR, USSR) — Kazakh statesman and politician. President of the Republic of Kazakhstan since March 20, 2019.

Tokayev will remain in office until the early elections scheduled for June 9, 2019.

Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan from October 16, 2013 to March 20, 2019. Director-General of the UN office at Geneva from 12 March 2011 to 16 October 2013. Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (October 1999 — January 2002). Minister of foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1994-1999, January 2002 — January 2007). Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Doctor of political science.

Biography
His father Kemel Tokayev Tokarevich (Kazakh.) (1923-1986), a member of the great Patriotic war, a famous Kazakh writer, was a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR. Mother, Turar Shabarbayeva (1931-2000), worked at the Alma-ATA pedagogical Institute of foreign languages. Tokayev descended from Kushik tribe zhalayyr.

In 1970 he enrolled in the MGIMO of the MFA of the USSR, where on the 5th course is designed for a six-month internship at the Embassy of the USSR in the PRC.

In 1975 he joined the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the USSR and was sent to work in the Soviet Embassy in the Republic of Singapore.

In 1979 he returned to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the USSR. In 1983, he went to China for a 10-month internship at the Beijing linguistic Institute (eng.). In 1984-1985 he worked in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the USSR, then was sent to the Soviet Embassy in Beijing, where he worked until 1991 as a second Secretary, first Secretary and adviser.

In 1991 he entered the Diplomatic Academy of the USSR foreign Ministry for advanced training of senior diplomatic personnel.

In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1993 he became first Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs and in 1994 he was appointed Minister of foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In March 1999, he became Deputy Prime Minister. In October 1999, with the consent of Parliament, by decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, he was appointed Prime Minister. In January 2002, he resigned and was subsequently appointed Secretary of state — Minister for foreign Affairs. The post of Minister of foreign Affairs continued to be held until January 2007 for a total of 10 years (1994-1999, 2002-2007), then was elected Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As Minister of foreign Affairs, he played an active role in the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Participated in the review conferences of the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in 1995 and 2005. In 1996, it signed the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban Treaty (CTBT) in new York and in 2005 the Treaty establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia (cazsnao) in Semipalatinsk. In 2003, he chaired the international Ministerial conference of landlocked developing countries. The conference developed the Almaty programme of action and adopted the Almaty Declaration of landlocked developing countries.

In 2001, at the Institute of topical international problems of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian foreign Ministry defended his thesis for the degree of doctor of political Sciences on "Foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the period of formation of a new world order" (specialty 23.00.04 — political problems of international relations, global and regional development).

In 2008, he was elected Vice-President of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly as Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan.In March 2011, the UN Secretary-General announced his decision to appoint Tokayev Deputy UN Secretary-General, Director-General of the UN office in Geneva, and personal representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Conference on disarmament. He served as Secretary-General of the Conference on disarmament. He was also a senior official responsible for the security of UN staff in Switzerland. He took part in ten sessions of the UN General Assembly and was elected Chairman of the CIS and Shanghai cooperation organization foreign Ministers ' Councils.

In March 2011, the UN Secretary-General announced his decision to appoint Tokayev Deputy UN Secretary-General, Director-General of the UN office in Geneva, and personal representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Conference on disarmament. He served as Secretary-General of the Conference on disarmament. He was also a senior official responsible for the security of UN staff in Switzerland. He took part in ten sessions of the UN General Assembly and was elected Chairman of the CIS and Shanghai cooperation organization foreign Ministers ' Councils.In March 2011, the UN Secretary-General announced his decision to appoint Tokayev Deputy UN Secretary-General, Director-General of the UN office in Geneva, and personal representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Conference on disarmament. He served as Secretary-General of the Conference on disarmament. He was also a senior official responsible for the security of UN staff in Switzerland. He took part in ten sessions of the UN General Assembly and was elected Chairman of the CIS and Shanghai cooperation organization foreign Ministers ' Councils.In March 2011, the UN Secretary-General announced his decision to appoint Tokayev Deputy UN Secretary-General, Director-General of the UN office in Geneva, and personal representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Conference on disarmament. He served as Secretary-General of the Conference on disarmament. He was also a senior official responsible for the security of UN staff in Switzerland. He took part in ten sessions of the UN General Assembly and was elected Chairman of the CIS and Shanghai cooperation organization foreign Ministers ' Councils.

October 16, 2013 elected Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

For 13 years he was President of the table tennis Federation of Kazakhstan.

Author of nine books and numerous articles on international relations. He is fluent in Kazakh, Russian, English and Chinese, knows French.

Presidency
Since March 20, 2019 is the current President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Initially, it was assumed that under the Constitution, he will be the head of the country until the end of the election term of the First President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The next election of the President of Kazakhstan was to be held in 2020. Subsequently, however, Tokayev announced prevedenie early elections in 2019 (see below).

One of the first steps of Tokayev in his presidency was the renaming of the capital of Astana to Nur Sultan in honor of former President Nazarbayev, as he stated in his first inaugural speech. The proposal was supported by the Parliament of Kazakhstan and deputies of the city maslikhat and on March 23 Tokayev signed a decree № 6 on renaming the city; decree № 1 was on the assignment of N. A. Nazarbayev the highest state award — the Golden seven-pointed star "people's Hero".

The first official visit after taking office of the President of Kazakhstan made to the Russian Federation on April 3, 2019.

On April 9, 2019, in a television address to the people of Kazakhstan, Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev announced the holding of early presidential elections to be held on June 9, 2019. According to Tokayev, it is necessary to remove any uncertainty.

On April 23, 2019, Nursultan Nazarbayev announced that the Nur-Otan party is nominating the incumbent President Tokayev as a candidate in the elections. Tokayev agreed to run for this position to "continue the strategic course of the first President."

Political view
Point of view on the political structure of Kazakhstan: "a Strong President, an authoritative Parliament, an accountable Government" (stated at the parliamentary conference in Astana, November 24, 2014).

In connection with the scandalous amendments to the Land code on lease and sale of land in Kazakhstan at the hearings in the Senate on April 29, 2016, he said: "it is Necessary not only to give assurances that agricultural land will not be sold to foreigners. But also by legal and other means to ensure the implementation of this important provision, so that no one has a desire to circumvent this requirement by all sorts of ingenious schemes. And most importantly, it is necessary to fulfill the requirement of the Head of state on national jurisdiction over land and efficient, rational use of land."

On the issue of the translation of the Kazakh language into Latin script at the parliamentary hearings on education on September 22, 2017, he said: "We have to fulfill the task of strategic importance — to switch to Latin graphics. As the head of state noted, the translation of the Kazakh language into Latin is a step towards integration into the global system of science and education, ensuring our spiritual unity. We need to carry out this work thoughtfully and gradually, without "big jumps". But there is no point in delaying it. The main thing — we have no right to make a mistake."

Tokayev criticized the original version of the Latin alphabet of the Kazakh language: "the national Commission has not come to a final decision on the Latin alphabet, so it is too early to use apostrophes in Newspapers or elsewhere." After this statement intensive work on introduction of the new alphabet after which acceptance on February 19 Tokayev congratulated all on "historical event"began.

On December 19, 2018, speaking at a session of the Senate, Tokayev proposed to toughen the prosecution of drug dealers up to life imprisonment and even death penalty, as their activities can be equated to terrorism threatening the national interests of the country.

On February 8, 2019, at a hearing in the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan on trade policy in the EAEU, Tokayev said: "Integration is essentially a difficult search for a balance of interests. There can be no outsiders and losers in integration, all participants in the process should benefit."

Family

 * Divorced. Ex-wife: Nadezhda tokaeva (b. 1957). A son, Timur Tokayev Kasymzhomart (b. 1984). Major entrepreneur in the oil sector ("abi petroleum capital"). He also heads the charity Fund named after his grandfather — Kemel Tokayev.

Rewards
He was awarded several state awards of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other countries.

Действительный член Всемирной академии гуманитарных и естественных наук, член «Совета мудрецов» Мюнхенской конференции по безопасности, почётный профессор Шэньчжэньского университета (англ.) (КНР), почётный профессор и почётный доктор Дипломатической академии МИД Российской Федерации, а также член её попечительского совета, почетный президент Казахстанского Совета по международным отношениям. Является руководителем Секретариата Съезда лидеров мировых и традиционных религий, Почётным деканом Женевской школы дипломатии и международных отношений. Награждён памятными медалями Н. Тюрякулова МИД РК и А. Горчакова МИД РФ, Грамотой «Академикус» Женевского университета, а также памятной медалью С. Н. Рериха. По версии Русского биографического общества, вошёл в список лауреатов «Человек Года — 2018».

Order of the Golden eagle (2019)

Order Of Otan (2014)

Order Of The First President Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev (2004)

Order of Parasat (9 December 1996)

Medal Astana

Medal "25 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan»

Medal "10 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan»

Medal "10 years to the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan»

Order of Honor (Russia, March 1, 2017) — for the great contribution to the strengthening of friendship and cooperation between the peoples of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan

Order of Friendship (Russia, December 12, 2004) — for the great contribution to the strengthening of friendship and cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise III degree (Ukraine, February 25, 2008) — for significant personal contribution to the strengthening of friendship between the peoples of Ukraine and Kazakhstan, the development of Ukrainian-Kazakh cooperation

The order of "Commonwealth" (CIS, 2007)

The order of the Serbian flag, 1st class (2016)

Honorary diamond order "Public recognition" (Russia)

Anniversary medal "Federation Council. 20 years.»

Tree of friendship medal (IPA CIS, 2003)

Diploma of the Commonwealth of Independent States (September 3, 2011) — for active work on strengthening and development of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Anniversary medal "20 years of Astana" (2018)

Assessments
"'He has been working with me since the first days of Kazakhstan's independence. I know him well. He is an honest, responsible and obliging person. Supports fully implemented policies at home and abroad. All programs were developed and adopted with his participation. I believe that Tokayev is the person to whom we can entrust the management of Kazakhstan.'"Political scientist A. A. Sarym believes that "this is a person of very moderate views, a person who does not like any sudden movements in any direction" and "if there are any, then, probably, it will still be a gradual evolution", and also noted that "it has long been said that he is more or less the optimal figure for the transit [of power], in whatever direction and under what scenario he would not be carried out."

Political scientist D. R. Ashimbayev noted that "Tokayev has his own views, but I do not think that they are very different from the course of Nazarbayev."

Books

 * Tokayev as well as Overcome: diplomatic essays. — Almaty: [b. I.], 2003. — 652 p. ISBN 9965-588-08-2 Tokayev as well as Overcome: Diplomatic sketches of Kazakhstan's Minister. — M.: World, 2003. — 463 p. (Leader. XXI century) ISBN 5-03-003605-9 5000 copies. Diplomatic service of the Republic of Kazakhstan: textbook / under General ed. K. Tokayev. — Almaty: Edelweiss, 2004. — 543 p. ISBN 9965-602-12-3 .  Tokayev K.-J. K. Light and shade: sketches of Kazakh politics. — Moscow: East-West, 2008. — 542 p. ISBN 978-5-478-00887-1  Tokayev K.-Zh. K. Overcoming. Essays of a diplomat. M.: TSLNG, 2009. — 511 p. ("International relations") ISBN 978-5-902665-55-7