H.E. Ambassador Zhigalov's CV

Dr. Konstantin Zhigalov – Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Canada
Date of birth: 16 May 1959
Nationality: Kazakhstan
Education: Graduated from the Kazakh State University in Almaty (1981),
Doctor of Historical Sciences (1984)
Career:
1984-1991: Senior researcher, senior lecturer and consultant in politics
1991–1993: Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan (Political)
1993–1994: Deputy Foreign Minister
1994–1996: Head of International Department at the
President’s Administration, Foreign Advisor to the President of Kazakhstan
1996–2000: Minister – Counsellor, Embassy of Kazakhstan to the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2001–2003: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Kazakhstan to the Republic of Poland
2003–2009: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherland (till 2008)
and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Head of Missions of Kazakhstan to the EU
and NATO
01/2009-01/2012: Deputy Foreign Minister, National Coordinator for
Cooperation with the European Union
01/2012: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic
of Kazakhstan to Canada
Diplomatic rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (2001)

Decorations: Order of Dostyk (Kazakhstan), Grand Cross of the Order of the
Crown (Belgium), Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Luxembourg),
Commander of the Order of Merit (Poland)
Languages: Russian, English, Polish
Married, with three children.