Bolat Kabdylkhamituly Nurgaliyev (Kazakh: Болат Қабдылхамитұлы Нұрғалиев, Bolat Qabdylhamitūly Nūrğaliev; born July 25, 1951) is a Kazakh diplomat and the current Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for protracted conflicts.
Bolat Nurgaliyev | |
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| Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Israel and Cyprus | |
| In office 2012 – September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Galym Orazbakov |
| Succeeded by | Doulat Kuanyshev |
| Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Zhang Deguang (as Executive Secretary) |
| Succeeded by | Muratbek Imanaliyev |
| Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Japan | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhataev (as chargé d'affaires ad interim) |
| Succeeded by | Dinara Zheldybayeva (as chargée d'affaires ad interim) |
| Ambassador of Kazakhstan to South Korea | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Tulegen Zhukeev |
| Succeeded by | Darkhan Berdaliev |
| Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States, Canada and Mexico | |
| In office 1996–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Tuleutai Suleimenov |
| Succeeded by | Kanat Saudabayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1951 Blagodatnoye, Erkenshilik Raion, Akmolin Oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR |
| Alma mater | Tselinograd State Pedagogical Institute |
Nurgaliyev studied foreign languages at the Tselinograd State Pedagogical Institute. He joined the Soviet Foreign Ministry, and served from 1980 to 1992 throughout South Asia. He then was the director of the Department of International Security and Arms Control Department of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry for four years, until he was appointed Ambassador to the United States in 1996. In 2001, he became Kazakhstan's ambassador to South Korea, and in 2003 the ambassador to Japan. He served as Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009. Shortly after taking office, Nurgaliyev commented that "The most important task for the SCO now is to further crackdown on terrorism, separatism and extremism".[1] He was appointed as the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for protracted conflicts for the 2010 Kazakhstani Chairmanship of the OSCE.[2]
References
edit- ^ New SCO Secretary-General Prioritizes Peace and Security Xinhua News Agency
- ^ Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts OSCE webpage
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