Adil Tursunov

Adil Tursunov
Әділ Тұрсынов
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Kingdom of Norway
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 January 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byYerkin Akhinzhanov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
In office
8 April 2022 – 11 January 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byAkan Rakhmetullin
Advisor to the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy
In office
June 2021 – April 2022
Advisor to the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy
In office
March 2019 – June 2021
Personal details
Born (1973-05-05) 5 May 1973 (age 51)
Kazakh SSR, Almaty
NationalityKazakhstan Kazakh
Awards

Adil Kapanuly Tursunov Kazakh: Әділ Кампанұлы Тұрсынов; born 5 May 1973, Almaty) is a Kazakh diplomat, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since January 2023, he has been the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Norway.

Early life and education

Tursunov was born in Almaty in 1973. In 1994 he graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management, and in 2001 — the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Career

From 1994 to 2008, he worked in the structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a secretary of the Embassy in India and Azerbaijan, a student of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as an adviser-envoy in Singapore.

From 2008 to 2009, he was Deputy Head of the Center for Foreign Policy of the Presidential Administration.[1]

From 2009 to 2016, he worked as Director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser-Envoy to Georgia, and later Director of the CIS Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From May 2016 to March 2019, he held the position of Head of the Foreign Policy Center of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[2]

On March 28, 2019, to June 2021, he was advisor to Nursultan Nazarbayev, the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[3]

From June 2021 to April 2022, he worked as an assistant to the First President - Head of the Information and Analytical Support Department of the Office.[4]

From April 8, 2022 to January 11, 2023 , he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[5]

On January 11, 2023, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Norway.[6]

Personal life

Adil Tursunov's first wife was Aigul Nurieva, divorced.[7] There are two children.[8]

Awards

He was awarded the orders Kurmet and Parasat.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Tursunov Adil". gov.kz. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  2. ^ "Заведующим Центром внешней политики администрации президента назначен Адиль Турсунов". ratel.kz (in Russian). 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  3. ^ "Adil Turssunov named as Adviser to First President of Kazakhstan". inform.kz. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. ^ "Елбасы назначил себе нового помощника". zakon.kz (in Russian). 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  5. ^ "New deputy ministers introduced to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan". gov.kz. 2022-04-08.
  6. ^ "President appoints ambassadors to Spain, RSA, and Norway". inform.kz. 2023-01-11.
  7. ^ "Личный финансист Масимова: где и с кем живет Айгуль Нуриева". teletype.in (in Russian). 2022-12-21.
  8. ^ "Тұрсынов Әділ Қапанұлы". gov.kz. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  9. ^ "Назначен Посол Казахстана в Норвегии". gov.kz (in Russian). 2023-01-11.