Kairat Abdrakhmanov

Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Qairat Äbdırahmanov
Қайрат Әбдірахманов
Abdrakhmanov in 2015
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
In office
4 December 2020  6 September 2024
Preceded byLamberto Zannier
Succeeded byChristophe Kamp
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 December 2016  26 December 2018
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterBakhytzhan Sagintayev
Preceded byErlan Idrissov
Succeeded byBeibut Atamkulov
Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
In office
26 November 2013  28 December 2016
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byByrganym Aitimova
Succeeded byKairat Umarov
Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the OSCE
In office
4 September 2008  March 2011
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Service as Ambassador
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Netherlands, Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Assumed office
6 September 2024
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byAskar Zhumagaliyev
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Sweden and Denmark
In office
18 March 2019  7 December 2020
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byDastan Yeleukenov
Succeeded bySergey Nurtaev
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria and Slovenia
In office
March 2011  26 November 2013
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byErzhan Kazykhanov
Succeeded byQairat Sarybai
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria, Representative to international organizations in Vienna
In office
20 August 2007  26 December 2008
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byRakhat Aliyev
Succeeded byErzhan Kazykhanov
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Israel
In office
April 2003  March 2006
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byMukhtar Tleuberdi
Succeeded byTalğat Örekenov
Personal details
Born (1964-04-21) 21 April 1964
Zharkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh
Political partyAmanat
SpouseMayra Abdirakhmanova
Children2
Alma materAl-Farabi Kazakh National University

Kairat Kudaybergenovich Abdrakhmanov (Kazakh: Қайрат Құдайбергенұлы Әбдірахманов, Qairat Qūdaibergenūly Äbdırahmanov, born 21 April 1964) was the foreign minister for the Republic of Kazakhstan from 28 December 2016 until 26 December 2018. Abdrakhmanov was previously Kazakhstan's permanent representative to the United Nations. Abdrakhmanov was also Kazakhstan's representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).