H.E. Margulan Baimukhan is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Belgium, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
He entered diplomatic service 1999 and, before being appointed as Ambassador to Belgium, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan and as Ambassador to Poland.
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