Gulsara Arystankulova

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the French Republic since July 2022. She has over twenty years of experience in international affairs and public policy. Throughout her career, she has served in Kazakhstan’s embassies in Belgium and France, as well as within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has also held several strategic positions within the Presidential Administration, particularly in the fields of foreign policy and international relations. In this capacity, she contributed to shaping and implementing Kazakhstan’s diplomatic strategy. In parallel with her duties in France, she also serves as Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to UNESCO. She graduated from the Kazakh State University of World Languages and from the Université des sciences humaines de Strasbourg, where she obtained a postgraduate degree in international relations. She also holds a PhD in international relations from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan.