Yerzhan Ashikbayev ( kk, Ержан Ашықбаев, ''Erjan Ashyqbaev''; born in

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) was appointed in April 2021 the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States. He served previously as the Deputy Foreign Minister of the

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since 2013. Previously, he served as Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's office, Head of Foreign Policy at the office of the

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, and Head of the Foreign Minister's Chancellery. In his role as deputy foreign minister, Ashikbayev is Kazakhstan's diplomatic point person for matters of the

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and the Americas. Ashikbayev is a lead communicator on the Enhanced Strategic Partnership Dialogue with the United States.

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