Tolendy Makeyev

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Date and place of birth: 26.04.1958, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

Education:

1975-1980        Faculty of Foreign languages, Kyrgyz State University, KR

Qualification: Philologist, Language instructor, Interpreter

Career:

1980 – 1986      Language instructor, Chair of German, Kyrgyz State University

1986 – 1990      Translator, Central courses for training and advanced retraining of aviation personnel, Bishkek

1990 – 1991      Executive Secretary, Board of the Kyrgyz Branch, Association for the UN Promotion, USSR, Bishkek

1991 – 1992      The second, first secretary, Department of economic and cultural cooperation, MFA KR

1993 – 1994      Chief of the sector, expert the EU and US department, MFA KR

1995 – 1997      Charge d'affaires of the Kyrgyz Republic in Germany, Counsellor of the Embassy                                                             of the Kyrgyz Republic in Germany

1997 – 1998      Head of the Consular Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1998 – 2001      Head of the Western Countries Department, Deputy Director, Director of the First Political                                              Department of MFA KR

2001 – 2004      Minister-Counsellor in the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Germany

2004 – 2005     Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning and Multilateral Economic Cooperation                                           of MFA KR

2005- 2010      National Coordinator of the SCO from the Kyrgyz Republic in the rank of Deputy Minister of MFA KR

2010 – 2012    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to Germany, and the Vatican,                              Sweden, and Denmark, concurrently with residence in Berlin

2012 – 2013    Advisor to the German consulting firm VD Consult GmbH

2014 – 2019    General Manager of LLC " K. O. Standard Agroservice», Bishkek

2019 – 2021    Director of the Second Political Department of MFA KR

Since 17.06.2021 – present Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Austria, Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna

Diplomatic rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic (2011).

Foreign languages: Russian, German, English.

Family status: Married, has 2 children.