Education:

Almaty Pedagogical University of Foreign Languages (Honors, 1980);
Columbia University (Master of International Affairs), New York (1994);
Hong Kong Baptist University (PhD), Hong Kong (2013).

Language skills Kazakh (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent), Persian (spoken), Chinese (elementary).

Experience:

1992 –1994 Third Secretary of the Office of State Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1994 –1995 Third Secretary, Second Secretary of the American states Lead’s unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1995 – 2000 Second Secretary, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
2000 – 2001 Head of the Division of International Organizations of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2001 –2002 Expert of Information & Analytical Division of the National Broadcasting Agency “Khabar”.
2002 – 2004 Corporate Development Director of the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP) under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2004- 2005 Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan.
2005 –2009 Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hong Kong and Macau (China).
2009 –2012 Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the International Organizations in Vienna, including to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
2012 –2016 Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2016 – 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Singapore and to New Zealand
2019 –2023 Ambassador-at-large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2023 - till present Head of the National Endowment for Prosperity Public Foundation


Odd jobs:

May 2002 - March 2004
Faculty at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP) under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Subjects taught:
(i) History of US Foreign Policy
(ii) Policies of Governments of Central Asian States

September 2012 - December 2012
Faculty at the Eurasian National University (Astana)
Subjects taught:
(i) Policies of States of East Asia

Publications:
Usen Suleimen, 2014. Geopolitical Dynamics of Energy Cooperation between Kazakhstan and China. (Monograph 214p.), Jayrad, Pennsylvania, USA

Usen Suleimenov, Xiaojiang Yu. Energy Economies of Kazakhstan and China. Central Asia’ Affairs, Quarterly review, 2/2011. The Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Usen Suleimenov, 2010. Kazakhstan and the OSCE in 2010. OSCE Talks publication "20/20 OSCE and Central Asia: past visions, future perspectives" (OSCE), 2010.

Usen Suleimenov, Guy Leung, 2009. Zhonghaougua fei chun jingji chanwu (Chinese–Kazakh oil pipeline is not a pure economic product). Hong Kong Economic Journal 30 (April).

Emmanuel Karagoiannis & Usen Suleimenov, ‘Dispute on Legal Status of the Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan’s Position’, Kazakhstan and Contemporary World, Center for Foreign Policy and Analysis, No.2 (9) 2004, pp. 107-117.

Dr. Usen A. Suleimen
Born on April 20, 1959
in the city of Shymkent, South Kazakhstan region