TURKSOY

General Director

Dussanbay Kasseinov

Born On:10.03.1947
Married with 2 children
Educational Level: Kurmangazy State Conservatory, 1970.

WORK IN PAST
07.1961-05.1965	Karagandy Vocational High School Student,Called Tattimbet
07.1965-05.1970	Kurmangazy State Conservatory Student
12.1966-05.1970	Kazakh Radio and Television Chamber Orchestra Artist in Almaty
07.1970-06.1972	Asisstant-Trainee at Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory
08.1972-09.1978	Senior Lecturer at Almaty State Conservatory,Kurmangazy
09.1978-07.1981	Artist of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra,Mexico
08.1981-08.1984	Head of the Department of Violin At Almaty State Conservatory,Acting Associate Professor
02.1987-03.1997	Rector of Almaty State Conservatory,Kurmangazy
03.1997-11.1997	Chairman of the Department of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture of Kazakhstan Republic
11.1997-08.1999	Chairman of the Committee of Culture, Ministry of Education, Culture and Health of Kazakhstan Republic
08.1999-05.2001	Chairman of the Committee of Culture, Ministry of Culture, Information and Public Agreement of Kazakhstan Republic
05.2001-04.2002	Vice-Minister of Culture, Information and Public Agreement of Kazakhstan Republic
04.2002-09.2003	President of Social Foundation Called “Degdar”
09.2003-10.2004	Minister of Culture of Kazakhstan Republic
10.2004-05.2008	Ambassador At Large of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Republic – General Secretary of National Comission of UNESCO
05.2005- 05.2008	Ambassador At Large of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Republic – Special Representative of Kazakhstan Republic on issues of cultural and social in CIS
05.2008-Present	General Secretary of TURKSOY (International Organization of Turkic Culture)

State Awards,Honour Titles
	Professor
	Honoured Art Worker of Kazakhstan;
	National Award Holder Called ‘’Tarlan’’ Honour Diploma of the President of Kazakhstan ;1994
	Orders:
	“Order of Honour”; Kazakhstan; 2001
	“Order of Wisdom”; Kazakhstan; 2001
	“Order of 850th Anniversary of Mongolia”; Mongolia; 2006
	“Order of Friendship”; Russian Federation; 2007
	“Order of Service to Polish Culture”, Poland ; 2007
	“Order of Friendship”, Bashkortostan ; 2010
	Medals:
	“Medal of Astana”; 1998
	“Medal of 10th Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan Republic”; 2001.
	“Medal of 10th Anniversary of Constitution of Kazakhstan Republic” ; 2005
	“Medal of 100th Anniversary of Kazan”; Tatarstan; 2005
	“Medal of 10th Anniversary of Assembly of Kazakhstan Republic”; 2006.
	“Astana Medal of 10th Year”; 2008