About Us - Mr. Ermek Kosherbayev

Akim of the East Kazakhstan region

Date of birth: 02.05.1965.

Place of birth: Kazakh SSR; Almaty city.

Kazakh State University named after Kirov (1982-1988).

Historian, history teacher with teaching in a foreign language.

Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1991-04.1993).

International relations and foreign policy, diplomat.

Languages spoken: Kazakh, Russian, English, Korean

• Senior Inspector for Secret Records Management of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR (08.1988-09.1988);
• Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR (09.1988-10.1989);
• First Secretary of the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR (11.1989-06.1990);
• First Secretary of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kazakh SSR (06.1990-09.1991);
• First Secretary of the Asian Countries Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (05.1993-08.1993);
• First Secretary of the State Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (08.1993-12.1993);
• Head of the Department of the State Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (12.1993-06.1994);
• Consultant of the International Department of the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (06.1994-01.1996);
• Acting Head of the Protocol Service of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (01.1996-04.1996);
• First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Confederation, Bern Swiss Confederation (04.1996-08.1997);
• Head of the Asian Security Department of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation, Almaty (08.1997-10.1997);
• Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (10.1997-11.1999);
• • Deputy Director for Commercial and General Issues of the Public Foundation "Nursultan Nazarbayev Education Foundation" (01.2000-05.2000);
• First Deputy Director of the Public Foundation "Nursultan Nazarbayev Education Foundation" (05.2000-10.2000);
• Head of the press service of the Closed Joint Stock Company National Oil Transportation Company "KazTransOil" (10.2000-01.2001);
• • Head of the Office of the President of the Closed Joint Stock Company National Oil Transportation Company "KazTransOil" (01.2001-06.2001);
• Chief of Staff of the Closed Joint Stock Company National Company "Oil and Gas Transport" (06.2001-03.2002);
• Chief of Staff of the President of the Closed Joint Stock Company National Company "KazMunayGas" (03.2002-01.2003);
• Advisor to the First Vice-President of the Closed Joint Stock Company National Company "KazMunayGas" (01.2003-03.2003);
• Head of the Office of the President of the Closed Joint Stock Company National Company "KazMunayGas" (03.2003-12.2003);
• General Director of the Joint Stock Company "Rauan Media Group" (12.2003-05.2004);
• First Deputy Head of the Central Office of the Republican Political Party "Otan" (05.2004-08.2004);
• Head of the Office of the President of the Joint-Stock Company National Company "KazMunayGas" (08.2004-04.2005);
• First Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Legal Entities "National Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers of Kazakhstan "Atameken" (04.2005-05.2006);
• Head of the Central Office of the Republican Political Party "Otan" (05.2006-02.2007);
• Director of the Limited Liability Partnership financial and Industrial Group "Berkut", Astana city (02.2007-07.2007);
• Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Association of Organizations of the Oil and Gas and Energy Complex "KazEnerqy", Astana city (11.2007-04.2008);
• General Producer of the joint-Stock company "Rauan Media Group", Astana city (04.2008-05.2008);
• General Director of the Joint-Stock company "Rauan Media Group", Astana city (05.2008-02.2009);
• • Chairman of the Management Board of the Joint-Stock Company National Company "Social and Entrepreneurial Corporation "Ertis", Semey city (02.2009-07.2010);
• Acting Deputy Akim of East Kazakhstan region (07.2010-09.2010);
• Deputy Akim of East Kazakhstan region (09.2010-10.2012);
• First Deputy Akim of East Kazakhstan region (10.2012-12.2014);
• Vice-Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan (12.2014-10.2016);
• Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan (10.2016-05.2018);
• Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (05.2018-01.2019);
• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (01.2019-01.2020);
• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation (01.2020-16.06.2023);
• Akim of the East Kazakhstan region (since 16.06.2023).

State and international awards, prizes, honorary titles: The Order of "Kurmet" (12.2018)