Biographical Note

New Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan Presents Credentials

 

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Nurbek Jeenbaev, the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Jeenbaev worked for the External Policy Department in the Office of his country’s President, first as a Referent (June 2002-May 2003), and then as an Expert (May 2003-July 2004).  Before his appointment there, he was Head of the International Security Department of the Foreign Ministry of the KyrgyzRepublic (2002); and Minister-Counsellor at his country’s Embassies in the United States and Canada (1998-2001).

Mr. Jeenbaev started his diplomatic career in 1995 as a First Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, where he later became Deputy Head and Head of the International Organizations Department.

Prior to that, he worked as a Researcher at the Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of the KyrgyzRepublic (1990-1995) and as a Laboratory Assistant and Junior Science Researcher at KyrgyzStateUniversity (1984-1990).  He has produced 19 scientific articles and three publications on diplomacy.

Mr. Jeenbaev has a master’s degree in physics from the KyrgyzStateUniversity (1984), where he also received a PhD in Theoretical Physics in 1990.

Born in Bishkek city on 5 February 1962, he is married, with two daughters and a son.

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