Kanat Saudabayev
Kanat Bekmyrzauly Saudabayev (Kazakh: Қанат Бекмырзаұлы Саудабаев, Qanat Bekmyrzaūly Saudabaev) (born 18 July 1946) is a Kazakh politician who served as the State Secretary of Kazakhstan from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2011 and in 1994, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States from 2000 to 2007, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1996 to 1999 and Ambassador to Turkey from 1994 to 1996.
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Saudabayev in 2009 | |
| State Secretary of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 15 May 2007 – 23 September 2012 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Oralbay Abdykarimov |
| Succeeded by | Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed |
| Head of the Office of the Prime Minister | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 13 December 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Preceded by | Altai Tileuberdin |
| Succeeded by | Altai Tileuberdin |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 4 September 2009 – 8 April 2011 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov |
| Preceded by | Marat Tazhin |
| Succeeded by | Yerzhan Kazykhanov |
| In office 18 April 1994 – 12 October 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Sergey Tereshchenko |
| Preceded by | Tuleutai Suleimenov |
| Succeeded by | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States | |
| In office 14 February 2001 – 15 May 2007 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Bolat Nurgaliyev |
| Succeeded by | Erlan Idrissov |
| Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 14 November 1996 – 13 October 1999 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Nurtai Abykayev |
| Succeeded by | Adil Ahmetov (2000) |
| Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Turkey | |
| In office 17 May 1992 – 14 November 1996 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Baltash Tursumbaev |
| Member of the Mazhilis | |
| In office 26 August 2015 – 20 January 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1946 Zhetigen, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union Al-Farabi Kazakh National University |
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