Tuleutai Suleimenov

Tuleutai Suleimenov
Төлеутай Сүлейменов
Suleimenov in 2002.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
December 1991 – April 1994
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterSergey Tereshchenko
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKanat Saudabayev
Personal details
Born (1941-10-01) October 1, 1941
Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Children3

Tuleutai Suleimenov (Kazakh: Төлеутай Ысқақұлы Сүлейменов, Töleutai Ysqaqūly Süleimenov; born 1 October 1941) is a Soviet and Kazakh diplomat, who served as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the European Union in 2003.[1] He previously served as the ambassador to the United States from 1994 to 1996.[2]

Early life and career

He was born on October 1, 1941 in the city of Semipalatinsk.[3] Comes from the Argyn tribe of the Karakesek clan. He graduated in 1967 from the Karaganda Polytechnic Institute. For 12 years, he was blast furnace shop foreman, engineer, shop foreman, secretary of the Komsomol committee of the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant. From 1971 to 1977, he served First Secretary of the Temirtau City Committee of the Young Communist League of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the City Committee of People's Control, and Second Secretary of the Temirtau City Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan.[4]

Soviet diplomatic career

He graduated in 1980 from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. Upon graduation, he immediately served as First Secretary of the Middle East Department of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a year. His first diplomatic posting was for four years as Consul of the Consulate General of the USSR in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. He then briefly from 1985–1986 was a student of the advanced training courses for senior diplomatic personnel of the foreign ministry. From 1986–1987, he was Advisor to the Middle East Department and from 1987–1991, to the Soviet Embassy in Tehran.

Republic of Kazakhstan

From 1991 – 1994, he served as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[5][6] He then served on various ambassadorial posts, first to the United States (1994 – 1996), then to Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (1997-2001), Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the European Union and NATO (2001 - 2003), and Poland (2003 – 2005).

Since 2005, he has been Director of the Institute of Diplomacy, Vice-Rector, and Professor of the Department of Foreign Policy of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan.

Awards

  • Order of Barys, 1st degree (2021)[7][8]
  • Order of Barys, 3rd degree (2016)
  • Order of Parasat (2009)
  • Order of Kurmet (2001)[9]
  • Order of Friendship (September 30, 2012, Russia)
  • Order of Honorary Citizen of the Eurasian Union of States (Moscow, 2018)
  • Commander of the Order of Merit (Hungary, 2001)
  • Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Poland, 2005)
  • Order of the White Double Cross, 3rd class (Slovakia, 2001)
  • Order of Glory (Afghanistan, 1985)
  • Order of the Badge of Honor (1976)
  • Medal "10 Years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2005)
  • Medal "10 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2002)
  • Medal "10 Years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2005)
  • Medal "10 Years of Astana" (2008)
  • Medal "20 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2011)
  • Medal "20 Years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan " (2011)
  • Medal "20 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2011)
  • Medal "Enbek ardageri" (2015)
  • Medal “25 Years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (2016)[10]
  • Medal "25 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2016)
  • Jubilee Medal "25 Years of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "30 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2021)
  • Medal "For Contribution to the Development of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2008)[11]
  • Jubilee Medal of the First Class “30 Years of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia” (2022)[12]
  • Gold Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia (2001)
  • Commemorative Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (2001)
  • Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1969)
  • Certificate of Honor of the President (2002, 2007, 2021, 2022)[13]
  • Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland with a medal (2013)
  • Honorary Diploma of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a medal (2013)
  • Letter of thanks from the President (2011, 2016)
  • Honored Worker of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2005)
  • Laureate of the Al-Farabi State Prize in Science and Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2020)[14]
  • Winner of the International Prize of the Economic Cooperation Organization (2012)

References

  1. ↑ Kazakhstan-European Union Cooperation Committee meeting in Brussels The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  2. ↑ Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United States of America Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA and Canada
  3. ↑ Дарико Мажиденова (4 October 2021). "Дипломат и наставник". Главные Новости Казахстана - Kazpravda.kz (Казахстанская правда ed.).
  4. ↑ "«Друзей не выбирают, друзьями становятся». Интервью с Т. Сулейменовым". Портал «История Казахстана» - Всё О Казахстане (Е-history.kz ed.). 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2024-12-02.
  5. ↑ Данияр Ашимбаев (18 February 2004). ""КТО ЕСТЬ КТО В КАЗАХСТАНЕ". Казахстанская дипломатия: кадры". КТО ЕСТЬ КТО В КАЗАХСТАНЕ (kazbio.info ed.). Archived from the original on 2022-09-30.
  6. ↑ "2020-04-24 KAZAKHSTAN programme" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Президент Токаев наградил ряд казахстанцев". Новости Казахстана (tengrinews.kz ed.). 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30.
  8. ↑ "Накануне Дня Независимости ряду казахстанцев присуждены государственные награды — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
  9. ↑ "Указ Президента РК от 10.12.2001 № 737". Archived from the original on 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  10. ↑ "В Министерстве иностранных дел Казахстана к 25-летию независимости наградили дипломатов и ветеранов дипломатической службы". VK. Archived from the original on 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
  11. ↑ "Ветераны отечественной дипломатии впервые удостоились медали имени Назира Тюрякулова | Kazakhstan Today". Archived from the original on 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  12. ↑ "В МИД РК прошло торжественное собрание, посвящённое Дню Республики". Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  13. ↑ "В МИД РК прошло торжественное собрание, посвящённое 30-летию дипломатической службы независимого Казахстана". Kazakhstan Government (www.gov.kz ed.). 2 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-27.
  14. ↑ "О присуждении Государственной премии Республики Казахстан 2020 года в области науки и техники имени аль-Фараби — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2026-03-02. Retrieved 2026-08-10.


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