BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 31. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed new ambassadors to Morocco and Cuba, according to the presidential decrees.
Ainur Danenova has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Morocco.
She was born on December 7, 1980, in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. In 2000, she graduated from Sorbonne University in Paris, France, and in 2003 from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. She specializes in international law and holds a law degree.
2003-2007 - Programme Assistant at the Mission of the International Organization for Migration in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2007-2008 - Assistant to the Deputy Regional Representative for Europe at the Regional Office for Europe at the headquarters of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
2008-2009 - National Tourism Development Consultant at the United Nations Development Programme Office in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2009-2011 - National Refugee Status Determination Adviser at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2014-2019 - Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland.
2019 - Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2019-2020 - Head of the Division for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights at the Department of Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2020-2025 - Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the French Republic.
2025-2026 - Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
She holds the diplomatic rank of First Secretary, Class I.
She speaks French, English and Spanish.
Olzhas Issabekov has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Cuba.
He was born on June 26, 1979. In 2000, he graduated from Shakarim State University of Semipalatinsk and in 2004 from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
He began his diplomatic career in 2000 as a Referent and Attaché at the Department of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2002 - Third Secretary of the Investment Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2004 - Second Secretary of the Department of Europe and the Americas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2004-2007 - Third Secretary and Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Kingdom of Spain.
2007-2012 - Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United States of America.
2012-2013 - Director of External and Government Relations at ConocoPhillips North Caspian Ltd.
2013-2019 - Director of the Department of Foreign Economic Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2019 - Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2019-2021 - Head of the Division for Foreign Economic Cooperation and Protocol at the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2021-2022 - Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Cuba.
2022-2023 - Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United Mexican States; Chargé d'Affaires.
2024-2025 - Deputy Director of the Department of External Relations and Communications at the Kazenergy Association.
Since May 2026 - Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
He holds the diplomatic rank of Counsellor, Class I.
He speaks English and Spanish.
By another decree, Andrian Yelemesov was relieved of his post as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Cuba.
