Marat Tajin

Marat Tajin
Марат Тәжин
Tajin in 2007
State Secretary of Kazakhstan
In office
24 March 2019  18 September 2019
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byBakhytzhan Sagintayev
Succeeded byKrymbek Kusherbayev
In office
16 January 2013  21 January 2014
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byMukhtar Kul-Mukhammed
Succeeded byKarim Massimov (Acting)
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan
In office
29 August 2002  13 April 2006
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
In office
12 January 2017  24 March 2019
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byOffice reestablished
Succeeded byDarhan Kaletaev
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
10 January 2007  4 September 2009
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterKarim Massimov
Preceded byKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Succeeded byKanat Saudabayev
Secretary of the Security Council
In office
24 February 1999  5 May 2001
11 December 2001  29 August 2002
April 2006  January 2007
Chairman of the National Security Committee
In office
4 May 2001  11 December 2001
Preceded byAlnur Mussayev
Succeeded byNurtai Dutbayev
Personal details
Born (1960-04-08) 8 April 1960
Aktobe, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union
Political partyAmanat
Alma materAlmaty National Economic Institute,
Kazakh State University

Marat Mukhanbetkazyuly Tajin (Kazakh: Марат Мұханбетқазыұлы Тәжин, Marat Mūhanbetqazyūly Täjin; born 8 April 1960) is a Kazakh politician. He served as the Foreign Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan from 2007 to 2009. He previously served as Secretary of the National Security Committee (NSC). In September 2009 he was named an advisor to President Nursultan Nazarbayev and secretary of Kazakhstan's Security Council. Marat Tajin was appointed First Deputy Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in January 2017.