Photo: Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to South Africa
Photo: CEO of the Diplomatic Informer Magazine SA and HE Mr Yerkin Akhinzhanov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to South Africa
15 March 2023
Welcome HE Mr Yerkin Akhinzhanov, the new Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of South Africa.
Ambassador Akhinzhanov presented his Letters of Credence to HE President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday, 14th March 2023.
Prior to his appointment as Ambassador of Kazakhstan to South Africa, the First Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary was the Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Norway and he has held numerous posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan as well as served at the different Kazakhstan mission’s in his capacity as:-
– Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
– Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the international organizations in Vienna
-Director of the Department of Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
-Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America
– Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
Bilateral Relations
After Kazakhstan gained its independence on 16 December 1991, South Africa was one of the first to recognize Kazakhstan, thereby emphasizing its genuine interest to establish and develop as an independent entity in the system of international relations. South Africa and Kazakhstan established full diplomatic relations on 5 March 1992.
A milestone event in the development of bilateral relations was the opening of the Embassy of South Africa in the Republic of Kazakhstan in December 2003 in Almaty. In February 2008, it was relocated to the young capital of Kazakhstan – Astana city (Nur-Sultan now), coincided with its 10th Anniversary. In December 2016, H.E. Ms. Kiitumetsi Siipelo Tandeka Matthews was appointed the Ambassador of South Africa to Kazakhstan.
The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in South Africa was opened in December 2013, the only diplomatic mission of Kazakhstan in the vast
region of Southern Africa.
The first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to South Africa was the Kazakhstani statesman, diplomat
H.E. Mr. Talgat G. Kaliyev. He held this high post in 2014-2019.
On 12 July 2019, H.E. Mr. Kanat K. Tumysh, currently the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to South Africa. He presented his Letter of Credence to H.E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa on 15 October 2019.
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