By Presidential decree, Murat Nurtleu has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazinform learned from the Akorda press office, APA reports citing Kazinform.
As per the same decree, Murat Nurtleu was relieved of his duties of the Chief of the President’s Executive Office.
Born in 1976 in Almaty, Murat Nurtleu is a graduate of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University majoring in International Relations.
From 1998 to 2007, he held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. In 2007-2011, he was Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament. In 2011, he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Ambassador at Large. In the same year, he assumed the office of the MFA’s Asia and Africa Department Director.