Kubanychbek Omuraliev Takes Helm of the Turkic Investment Fund

The Board of Governors of the Turkic Investment Fund, which comprises Azerbaijan, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan, has elected Kubanychbek Omuraliev as the fund's new president. The news was reported by AKIpress.

The term of founding president Baghdad Amreyev ended on 11 November; Omuraliev took office on 12 November.

Omuraliev has more than thirty years of experience in diplomacy, regional economic cooperation and institutional management. From 2022 to 2026 he served as secretary general of the Organization of Turkic States, where under his leadership the organization expanded international partnerships and advanced cooperation in trade, investment, transport and logistics.

From 2019 to 2022 Omuraliev served as Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Türkiye, and from 2021 to 2022 with concurrent accreditation in Israel. Earlier he was ambassador to Belarus and permanent representative to the CIS (2015-2019), and from 2016 with concurrent accreditation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Among his earlier appointments are the post of consul general in the United Arab Emirates, minister-counsellor and chargé d'affaires at Kyrgyzstan's embassy in the United States and Canada, and director of the Department of Economic Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Under Omuraliev's leadership, the fund intends to continue financing projects that strengthen regional connectivity, expand opportunities for cross-border trade and investment, and contribute to sustainable development.