AMBASSADOR BERIK ARYN

WORK EXPERIENCE:

From 22 April 2024 Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security

1987-1989 - Military service;

1994-1996 - Attaché of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of

Kazakhstan;

1996-2001 - Worked in the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in different diplomatic positions;

2001-2002 - Head of Middle East and Africa Division, the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2002-2006 - Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the

Arab Republic of Egypt;

2006-2007 - Senior Inspector of the Administration of the President of the

Republic of Kazakhstan;

2007-2009 - Head of the Department of inter-parliamentary relations and

international cooperation, the Senate Administration of the

Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2009-2011 - Deputy Head of Administration of the Senate of the Parliament

of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2011-2016 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic

of Kazakhstan to the Arab Republic of Egypt;

2012-2016 - Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Morocco.

Representative of Kazakhstan to the Executive Council of the

Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

(ISESCO).

Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the League of Arab

States;

2013-2014 - Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the African Union;

2015-2016 - Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Tunisian Republic;

Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria;

2016-2018 - Vice-Minister for Religious Affairs and Civil Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2018 - March 2019 - Vice-Minister of Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

March 2019 – April 2024 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic

of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

September 2019 – April 2024 - Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

SPECIAL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS:

Member of the mission to promote Kazakhstan’s bids to be elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017-2018 and to host EXPO-2017. He took part in a number of international conferences and forums as the head or a member of Kazakhstan’s official delegations.

Member of the organizational committee of the 3rd, 4th and 6th Congresses of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Astana in 2009, 2012 and 2018.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

«Kurmet» Order (2012);

Medal «Gratitude of the People» (2020);

Commemorative medals «10th Anniversary of the:

Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2005); «20^th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2011); «20th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2015); «25th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2016); «25th Anniversary of Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2017); «25th Anniversary of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan» (2020); «30th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2021); «30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2022);

Letter of Appreciation of the President of Kazakhstan (2010);

Letter of Appreciation of the President of Kazakhstan (2019);

«Certificate of Honor of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly» (2008);

«Certificate of Honor of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (2010);

Gold Medal of ISESCO (2012);

Medal «For Good work» from the Kazakh National University (2019);

Badge «For Contribution to Agricultural Education, Science and Production» (2021);

Badge «90 years to Kazakh National Agrarian Research University» (2021).

PUBLICATIONS:

H.E. Ambassador Berik Aryn is the author of articles on international relations of Kazakhstan, religious freedoms and regulations in the country, a co-author and editor of translations and publications in Arabic and Kazakh languages.