Asqar Mamin
Asqar Uzaqbaiuly Mamin (Kazakh: Асқар Ұзақбайұлы Мамин, romanized: Asqar Ūzaqbaiūly Mamin, Kazakh pronunciation: [ɑsqɑɾ o̙zaqbajo̙ɫɯ mamin]; 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. 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. He also serves as the president of the Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation, a position he assumed in 2008.
Asqar Mamin | |
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Асқар Мамин | |
Mamin in 2021 | |
| 10th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 21 February 2019 – 5 January 2022 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| First Deputy | Alihan Smaiylov |
| Preceded by | Bakhytzhan Sagintayev |
| Succeeded by | Älihan Smaiylov |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 8 September 2016 – 21 February 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Bakhytzhan Sagintayev |
| Preceded by | Bakhytzhan Sagintayev |
| Succeeded by | Alihan Smaiylov |
| Chairman of Kazakhstan Engineering | |
| In office 17 July 2017 – 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Erlan Idrissov |
| Succeeded by | Sarsembaev Adlbek |
| President of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy | |
| In office 17 April 2008 – 9 September 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Zhaksybek Kulekeyev |
| Succeeded by | Kanat Alpysbayev |
| 5th Äkim of Astana | |
| In office 21 September 2006 – 4 April 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Umirzak Shukeyev |
| Succeeded by | Imangali Tasmagambetov |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | |
| In office 25 August 2005 – 21 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Daniyal Akhmetov |
| Preceded by | Kazhmurat Nagmanov |
| Succeeded by | Serik Akhmetov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1965 Tselinograd, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Astana, Kazakhstan) |
| Political party | Nur Otan |
| Spouse | Altynai Mamina |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Tselinograd Civil Engineering Institute Plekhanov Russian University of Economics |
| Profession | Economist |
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.