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Zharmakhan Tuyakbay | |
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Жармахан Тұяқбай | |
 Tuyakbay in 2005 | |
| 2nd Chairman of the Mäjilis | |
| In office 1 December 1999 – 19 October 2004 | |
| Deputy | Muhammed Kopeev |
| Preceded by | Marat Ospanov |
| Succeeded by | Oral Muhamedjanov |
| Member of the Mäjilis | |
| In office 10 October 1999 – 14 October 2004 | |
| Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 7 December 1990 – 6 October 1995 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Galim Elemisov |
| Succeeded by | Maksut Narikbaev |
| Chairman of Nationwide Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 10 September 2006 – 26 April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ermurat Bapi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zharmakhan Aytbayuli Tuyakbay 22 November 1947 Qyzylkia, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Political party | JSDP |
| Other political affiliations | ÄQÜ QKP (1975–1991) |
Zharmakhan Aitbaiuly Tuyakbay (Kazakh: Жармахан Айтбайұлы Тұяқбай, Jarmahan Aitbaiūly Tūiaqbai, [ʒɑrmɑˈχɑn ɑjtˌbɑjʊˈɫɤ tʊjɑqˈbɑj]; born 22 November 1947) is a retired Kazakh politician. He was the chairman of the Nationwide Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2019 and prior to that, he served as the Mäjilis chairman from 1999 to 2004.
Tuyakbay was an opposition candidate in the 2005 Kazakh presidential election for the For a Just Kazakhstan political alliance, losing the race President Nursultan Nazarbayev to which he refused to concede. Some analysts considered Tuyakbay the most significant challenger to Nazarbayev in the election.