[WEBCAST] Kazakhstan: Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi
VIEW EVENT DETAILSPresented in conjunction with the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Asia Society and the Asia Society Policy Institute are delighted to host His Excellency Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, for an address on the country's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, political reforms and its economy, regional and security cooperation, and bilateral relations with the U.S. He will then join Asia Society Executive Vice President Tom Nagorski for a conversation.
Speakers
H.E. Mukhtar Tileuberdi is Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. He previously served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016-2019, and as Ambassador to the Sovereign Military Order of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta concurrently (20150-2016); Switzerland, Liechstenstein and the Vatican Ciy concurrently (2009-2016); Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and the Philippines concurrently (2005-2009); Malaysia (2004-2009); and Israel (2001-2003). Prior to becoming an Ambassador, among many positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was advisor to the Secretary of State for International Affairs in the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan (2000-2001), and First Secretary of the Department of Asia, the Middle East and Africa and Head of Division of the Department of Bilateral Cooperation (1999-2000). Before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he worked at the Departments of History of Philosophy and Chinese Philology at the Al-Farabi Kazakh State University. He is the recipient of the Yeren Enbegi Ushin Medal (2014) and anniversary medals, and received the gratitude of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2003 and 2010).
Tom Nagorski is Executive Vice President of the Asia Society. He joined following a three-decade career in journalism — having served most recently as Managing Editor for International Coverage at ABC News. Before that, he was Foreign Editor for ABC’s World News Tonight, and a reporter and producer based in Russia, Germany, and Thailand. He was the recipient of eight Emmy awards and the Dupont Award for excellence in international coverage, as well as a fellowship from the Henry Luce Foundation. He has written for several publications and is the author of Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack. He serves on Princeton University’s Advisory Council for the Department of East Asian Studies, the Advisory Board of the Committee To Protect Journalists, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He graduated from Princeton University in 1984.
This program is made possible through the generous support of the Nicholas and Sheila Platt Endowment for Public Policy.