Älibek Baqaev

Älibek Baqaev
Әлібек Бақаев
Baqaev in 2022
Kazakh ambassador to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 July 2026
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byMagzhan Ilyassov
Deputy minister of foreign affairs
In office
25 August 2023 – 22 July 2026
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
MinisterMurat Nurtileu
Ermek Köşerbaev
Kazakh ambassador to Slovenia
In office
24 March 2023 – 25 August 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byKairat Umarov
Succeeded byDaniar Särekenov
Kazakh ambassador to Austria
In office
21 October 2022 – 25 August 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byKairat Umarov
Succeeded byMukhtar Tleuberdi
Kazakh ambassador to Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Vatican, Order of Malta, Rhodes and Malta
In office
4 September 2019 – 21 October 2022
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byZhanar Aitzhanova
Succeeded byQairat Sarjanov
Personal details
Born (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981
Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Children3
Alma materHeidelberg University
Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages
Academy of Public Administration
Duke University

Älibek Äsetūly Baqaev[a] (Kazakh: Әлібек Әсетұлы Бақаев; born 9 February, 1981) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat serving as ambassador to the United Kingdom since 2026. Previously, he served as ambassador to Switzerland and Austria.

Early life and education

Alibek Asetuly Baqaev was born on February 9, 1981, in Almaty, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan).

In 2001, Alibek Baqaev graduated from the Heidelberg University in Germany and in 2002, graduated with honors from the Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages in Almaty specializing as a simultaneous interpreter. He studied at the Academy of Public Administration under the president of Kazakhstan received a degree in political scientist in 2011, and completed the Senior Executives in Public Policy program at Duke University.[1]

Career

After graduating from the Kazakh State University of International Relations and World Languages in 2002, Alibek Baqaev's first job was as a senior specialist at the insurance company TransOil. He then served as commercial director at the company Zamandastar.

Baqaev began his diplomatic career in 2004 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working as a referent in the Department of Europe and America. In August 2004 he was posted to Kazakhstan's Embassy in Germany as an attaché. After four years abroad, in 2008 Baqaev transferred to the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning, first as adviser to the minister on international affairs and later as chief of protocol. When that ministry was reorganised in 2010 into the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Baqaev headed the Department of International Relations and subsequently the Department of Strategic Planning and Analysis.

In May 2012, Baqaev returned to the Foreign Affairs Ministry to lead the Office of Asian Dialogue Forums in the Department of Central Asian Cooperation. He was appointed deputy director of the Department of Central Asian Cooperation in 2013 and became its director in 2015.[2]

On September 4, 2019, by president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's decree Alibek Baqaev was appointed ambassador of Kazakhstan to Switzerland. On January 29, 2020 he was concurrently appointed ambassador to Liechtenstein, Vatican, Order of Malta, Rhodes and Malta.[3][4]

He was relieved of all posts by Tokayev's decree on October 21, 2022 and by the same decree Alibek Baqaev was appointed ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna. On March 24, 2023 he was concurrently appointed ambassador to Slovenia.[5][6]

After 5 months, on August 14, 2023, Baqaev was relieved of his posts by and after 9 days, on August 23, was appointed deputy minister of foreign affairs Murat Nurtileu.[7][8]

On July 22, 2026, Baqaev was relieved of his post and appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom, a position that had been vacant since October 2025 following Magzhan Ilyassov's departure.[9]

Personal life

Alibek Baqaev is married and has three children. He speaks Kazakh, Russian, English and German languages.[1]

Honors and awards

  • Diplomatic rank of II class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Often transliterated as Alibek Asetovich Bakaev or Bakayev through a Russified Romanization of Алибек Асетович Бакаев.

References

  1. 1 2 "Бакаев Алибек Асетович (персональная справка)". ИС Параграф (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  2. 1 2 "The single platform of government agencies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan / Leadership / Alibek BAKAYEV". The single platform of government agencies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Kazakhstan appoints permanent representative in UN and other international organizations in Geneva". Kazakh Telegraph Agency. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  4. ↑ "Указами Главы государства:". Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан (in Russian). 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  5. ↑ "New ambassadors to Switzerland, Austria and Singapore appointed". El.kz. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Kazakh President appoints ambassadors to Romania and Slovenia". El.kz. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  7. ↑ "Kazakhstan names new Ambassador to Austria". Kazinform International News Agency. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  8. ↑ "New appointments made in Kazakh MFA". Kazinform International News Agency. 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  9. ↑ "Tokayev appoints new ambassador in London". Tengri News. 2026-07-22. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
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