Murat Nurtleu has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. The corresponding decree was signed today by the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the press service of Akorda reports.

In this post, he replaced Mukhtar Tleuberdi, who headed the Kazakh Foreign Ministry since January 2021.

The Government of Kazakhstan resigned its powers after the election on March 19, 2023 of the new composition of the Majilis. Early elections to the Mazhilis were held on March 19, following which the ruling Amanat party won 53.9% of the vote. On March 30, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on the reappointment of Alikhan Smailov, who has headed the Cabinet of Ministers since January 2022, as Prime Minister.

Murat Nurtleu was born on March 11, 1976 in Almaty. In 1998 he graduated from the Kazakh State National University. al-Farabi. In addition to his native Kazakh, he speaks Russian, English and German.

He began his work experience with a referent, attache of the State Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

Over the years, he held the positions of Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Staff of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Director of the Department of Asia and Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and others. In addition, he worked as the ambassador of Kazakhstan to Estonia and Finland.

From 2019 to 2021, he was an assistant to the President of Kazakhstan.

On January 5, 2022, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed Murat Nurtleu as First Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic.

Since February 2022, Murat Nurtleu has headed the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan.