Asqar Mamin

Asqar Mamin
Асқар Мамин
Mamin in 2021
10th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
21 February 2019 – 5 January 2022
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
First DeputyAlihan Smaiylov
Preceded byBakhytzhan Sagintayev
Succeeded byÄlihan Smaiylov
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
8 September 2016 – 21 February 2019
Prime MinisterBakhytzhan Sagintayev
Preceded byBakhytzhan Sagintayev
Succeeded byAlihan Smaiylov
Chairman of Kazakhstan Engineering
In office
17 July 2017 – 2020
Preceded byErlan Idrissov
Succeeded bySarsembaev Adlbek[1]
President of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
In office
17 April 2008 – 9 September 2016
Preceded byZhaksybek Kulekeyev
Succeeded byKanat Alpysbayev
5th Äkim of Astana
In office
21 September 2006 – 4 April 2008
Preceded byUmirzak Shukeyev
Succeeded byImangali Tasmagambetov
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
25 August 2005 – 21 September 2006
Prime MinisterDaniyal Akhmetov
Preceded byKazhmurat Nagmanov
Succeeded bySerik Akhmetov
Personal details
Born (1965-10-23) 23 October 1965 (age 59)
Tselinograd, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Astana, Kazakhstan)
Political partyNur Otan
SpouseAltynai Mamina
Children2
Alma materTselinograd Civil Engineering Institute
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
ProfessionEconomist

Asqar Uzaqbaiuly Mamin (Kazakh: Асқар Ұзақбайұлы Мамин, romanizedAsqar Ūzaqbaiūly Mamin, [ɑsˈqɑɾ ʊzɑqˌbɑjʊˈɫɤ ˈmamʲɪn]; born 23 October 1965) is a Kazakh politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022, resigning due to pressure from the 2022 Kazakh unrest.[2][3][4][5] He served as First Deputy Prime Minister from 9 September 2016 to 21 February 2019. Previously, he was the president of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company of Kazakhstan.[6] He also serves as the president of the Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation, a position he assumed in 2008.[7]

A member of the ruling Kazakhstan's political party Nur Otan, Mamin previously served as äkim of Astana from 2006 to 2008, and as Minister of Transport and Communication in Daniyal Akhmetov Cabinet from 2005 to 2006, and as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019 and Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022.[8]

  1. ^ "The Board of Directors".
  2. ^ "Kazakh Government Resigns After Nazarbaev Says They Must Go". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Kazakhstan govt resigns amid mass protests over gas price hike". Kazakhstan govt resigns amid mass protests over gas price hike. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  4. ^ Lonas, Lexi (5 January 2022). "Kazakhstan government resigns as demonstrators set fire to capital". The Hill. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Plans to Double Volume of Transit Traffic by All Transport Modes by 2020". RZD-Partner.com. April 30, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  7. ^ Merk, Martin (September 4, 2010). "Kapitan Kazakhstan". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  8. ^ Kazakhstan: Asqar Mamin reappointed prime minister after uncompetitive election