Kadyrbek Sarbayev

Kadyrbek Sarbayev
Кадырбек Сарбаев
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office January 25, 2009 – April 15, 2010
Preceded by	Ruslan Kazakbayev
Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to China
In office July 24, 2007 – January 23, 2009
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-09) 9 December 1966 Frunze (now Bishkek), Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Far Eastern Federal University

Kadyrbek Telmanovich Sarbayev (Kyrgyz: Кадырбек Тельманович Сарбаев) is a Kyrgyz diplomat who is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan serving in the position from January 25, 2009, to April 15, 2010. Has the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[1]

Biography

Born on December 9, 1966, in the city of Frunze, in the capital of the Kyrgyz SSR. Graduated from the Far Eastern State University, Vladivostok (1992). He speaks Kyrgyz, Russian, Chinese and English. He began his career in 1992 as an attaché of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.[2]

• 1993-1996 - Third Secretary, Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the PRC.

• 1996-1997 - First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

• 1997-1999 - Head of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

• 1999-2001 - Counselor of the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Germany (Berlin).

• 2001-2003 - Counselor of the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the PRC (Beijing).

• 2003-03.2004 - Head of the Department of Eastern Countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

• 03.2004-29.04.2005 - National Coordinator of the SCO from the Kyrgyz Republic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

• 29.04.2005-24.07.2007 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic - National Coordinator of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from the Kyrgyz Republic.

• From 24.07.2007 - 23 Jan. 2009 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the People's Republic of China, as well as (concurrently) in Resbulik Singapore and Mongolia.

• Since January 26, 2009 - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

• From October 26, 2009 - Apr. 2010 - State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.[3]

Has the diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.