President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan's second president since 2019, first as heir apparent to three-decade strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev, then as the man who dismantled his predecessor's hold after violent protests gave him cover to consolidate alone.
Born in Alma-Ata in 1953, Tokayev trained at Moscow's diplomatic institute and began his career in the Soviet foreign service before joining independent Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991. He twice served as foreign minister—1994 to 1999 and 2002 to 2007—shaping the country's nuclear disarmament and foreign policy, then moved through prime minister and chairman of the Senate before a stint as Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva from 2011 to 2013. When Nazarbayev resigned in March 2019, Tokayev became acting president and won a snap election three months later as the rulin…
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