Serik Şapkenov

Serik Jambyluly Şapkenov (Kazakh: Серік Жамбылұлы Шапкенов; born 29 July 1979) is a Kazakh politician who serving as a Minister of Labour and Social Protection since 18 January 2021. Prior to that, he was Deputy Labour and Social Protection Minister from June 2020, first deputy äkim of Atyrau Region from June 2018 to May 2020, äkim of Atyrau from July 2016 to 28 June 2018, first deputy äkim of West Kazakhstan Region from August 2012 to December 2014 and deputy äkim from January to August 2012.

Serik Şapkenov
Серік Шапкенов
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population
Assumed office
18 January 2021
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime MinisterAskar Mamin
Preceded byBirjan Nurymbetov
Äkim of Atyrau
In office
14 July 2016 – 28 June 2018
Preceded byNurlybek Ojaev
Succeeded byÄlimuhammed Quttymuratuly
Personal details
Born (1979-07-29) 29 July 1979
Karatobe, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh
Political partyNur Otan (2005–present)
Spouse(s)Jadyra Şapkenova
Children2
Alma materWest Kazakhstan State University

Biography

Early life and education

Şapkenov was born in the village of Karatobe. In 2000, he graduated from West Kazakhstan State University as an economist and mathematician and was lecturer there until 2001.[1]

Career

From 2001, Şapkenov worked as a leading specialist of the Environmental Protection Fund and Directorate of Nature Management of the Äkimat of West Kazakhstan Region. In 2002, he became a leading and chief specialist of the Finance Department until being appointed as the head of the Department of Economics and Budget Planning, head of the Department, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture of the West Kazakhstan Region in 2006. From 2007, Şapkenov was the deputy head of the Department of Economics and Budget Planning before becoming the head again in 2009.[1]

In January 2012, Şapkenov was appointed as the deputy äkim of West Kazakhstan Region. He served the post before becoming the first deputy äkim on 27 August 2012. From January 2015, he worked as State Inspector of the Department of State Control and Organizational and Territorial Work of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan until 14 July 2016, when he was appointed as the äkim of Atyrau.[1] On 28 June 2018, Şapkenov became the first deputy äkim of Atyrau Region. He was eventually dismissed on 22 May 2020 and was subsequently appointed as Vice Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population on 4 June 2020.[2][3][4]

On 18 January 2021, he became Labour and Social Protection of the Population Minister shortly after succeeding Birjan Nurymbetov's post.[5][6]

References
  1. "Шапкенов Серик Жамбулович ▷ биография, фото, должность". Kapital.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. "Назначен первый заместитель акима Атырауской области". Время (in Russian). 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. "Назначен вице-министр труда и соцзащиты населения Казахстана - Аналитический интернет-журнал Vласть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. "Серик Шапкенов назначен вице-министром труда и социальной защиты населения РК". www.forbes.kz. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  5. "Serik Shapkenov appointed vice minister of labor and social protection of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan". primeminister.kz. 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. "Серик Шапкенов назначен новым министром труда". Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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