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Beibit Atamkulov was elected as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, reports the press service of MFA of Kazakhstan.

The new head of the agency was presented by the Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan, Asset Issekeshev. Kairat Abdrakhmanov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, was relieved of his duties due to his transfer to another job.

Moreover, it is worth noting that Beibit Atamkulov held senior positions in commercial structures from 1991 to 2006. In 2006-2012 he was in the diplomatic service. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Malaysia, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines.

From October 2012 - Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, August 2014 - Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Akim of South Kazakhstan region, Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"The Qazaq Times"