Tokayev appoints new ambassador to U.S.

Magzhan Ilyassov has been appointed as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the U.S. by decree of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the press service of the Kazakh president reported.

Prior to this appointment, Ilyasov served as Kazakhstan's ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as to Iceland and Ireland on a concurrent basis.

In September 2025, by presidential decree, Yerzhan Ashikbayev was relieved of his duties as Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the U.S.