Akyl Toktobaev

Akyl Toktobaevich Toktobaev is the Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic. In this role, he coordinates state policy on environmental protection, the sustainable use of natural resources and subsoil, geology, forestry, climate action and industrial safety. He also serves as the country’s National Designated Authority (NDA) to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Mr Toktobaev has extensive senior leadership experience in public administration and the mining industry, including in subsoil use and energy. Earlier in his career, he held key positions in the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic.

He subsequently served in executive roles at the Ministry of Economy and the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use, overseeing state policy on subsoil use, non-tariff regulation and industrial development. He has also held leadership positions at major mining companies, including Kyrgyzaltyn, Eti Bakır Tereksay and Altynken, and headed the state-owned enterprise Kyrgyzgeologiya.