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|name            = Askar Mamin
|image           = Askar Mamin (cropped).jpg
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|caption         = Askar Mamin in 2011.
|office1          = President of [[Kazakhstan Temir Zholy]]
|term_start1      = April 17, 2008
|term_end1        = Incumbent 
|predecessor1     = [[Zhaksybek Kulekeyev]]
|successor1       = 
|office2          = Mayor of [[Astana]]
|term_start2      = September 21, 2006
|term_end2        = April 4, 2008
|predecessor2     = [[Umirzak Shukeyev]]
|successor2       = [[Imangali Tasmagambetov]]
|office3          = Minister of Transport and Communications
|term_start3      = August 25, 2005
|term_end3        = September 21, 2006
|predecessor3     = Kazhmurat Nagmanov
|successor3       = [[Serik Akhmetov]]
|birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1965|10|23}}
|birth_place     = [[Astana|Tselinograd]] (now Astana), [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|death_date      =
|death_place     =
|nationality     = [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]]
|party           = [[Nur Otan]]
|spouse          = 
|relations       =
|children        =
|residence       =
|alma_mater      = Tselinograd Civil Engineering Institute<br>[[Plekhanov Russian University of Economics]]
|occupation      =
|profession      = [[Economist]]
|religion        = 
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}}
'''Askar Uzakbaiuly Mamin''' ({{lang-kk|Асқар Ұзақбайұлы Мамин}}; born October 23, 1965) is the [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] statesman. He is currently the President of the [[Kazakhstan Temir Zholy]], the national railway company of [[Kazakhstan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rzd-partner.com/news/railway-transport/railways-in-the-cis-and-baltic-states/kazakhstan-temir-zholy-plans-to-double-volume-of-transit-traffic-by-all-transport-modes-by-2020/|title=Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Plans to Double Volume of Transit Traffic by All Transport Modes by 2020|date=April 30, 2013|accessdate=February 15, 2014|publisher=RZD-Partner.com}}</ref> He is also serves as the President of the [[Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation]], a position he assumed in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/kapitan-kazakhstan.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=1dc29a4dd9 |title=Kapitan Kazakhstan |last=Merk |first=Martin |date=September 4, 2010 |accessdate=February 15, 2014 |publisher=IIHF.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228182211/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/kapitan-kazakhstan.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=1dc29a4dd9 |archivedate=February 28, 2014 |df= }}</ref> 

He previously served as Mayor of [[Astana]] (2006-2008), Minister of Transport and Communication in the [[Government of Kazakhstan]] (2005-2006).
Mamin is a member of the ruling [[Nur Otan]] [[political party]].

==Early life and career==
Mamin graduated from Tselinograd Civil Engineering Institute, [[Plekhanov Russian University of Economics]] with [[civil engineering]] and [[economics]] specialties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caspianforum.org/Speaker/Detail/79|title=Askar Mamin - Biography|accessdate=February 15, 2014|publisher=CaspianForum.org}}</ref> He began his career as an erector of "Tselintyazhstroy" trust. He served as Deputy Director General of Innovative Enterprises Union of Kazakhstan. From 1996 to 2008, he served as the First Deputy Mayor of the [[Astana|City of Astana]], Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, First Vice-Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

==Personal life==
Askar Mamin is married to Altynai Mamina. The couple have a son and daughter: Daniyar (b. 1986) and Dinara (b. 1991).

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mayors of Astana]]
[[Category:Ministers of Transport and Communication (Kazakhstan)]]
[[Category:People from Astana]]
[[Category:Plekhanov Russian University of Economics alumni]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Cross of Recognition]]