Siyazbek Mukashev

Siyazbek Onerbekuly Mukashev (, Siiazbek Önerbekūly Mūqaşev; born 7 May 1939) is a retired Kazakh politician who served as the Chairman of Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan from 1992 to 2013.

Biography Early life and education Mukashev was born in the village of Aqshi in Almaty Region in 1939. In 1962, he graduated from the Semey Zooveterinary Institute with a degree in veterinary.

Early career After graduating, Mukashev worked as a veterinarian at the Chubartau Regional Veterinary Clinic then as chief veterinarian of the Koktalsky State Farm at the Ayaguz Production Department. In 1964, he became the Deputy Secretary of the Ayaguz Rural Production Committee of the Komsomol and then in 1965 as First Secretary of the Ayaguz District Committee of the Komsomol. From 1966, Mukashev worked as responsible organizer of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Kazakhstan until becoming the First Secretary of the Taldy-Kurgan Regional Committee in 1968. From 1973, he served as Second Secretary of the Sarkand District Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (QKP) then as chairman of the Regional Executive Committee. In 1975, Mukashev became the inspector of the Department of Organizational and Party Work of the Central Committee of the QKP where he worked until becoming the First Secretary of the Taldy-Kurgan District Committee of the QKP in 1978. The QRKF attempted to become a member of the International Trade Union Confederation which was never approved and its bid received criticism from figures such as the president of Labor Confederation of Russia Boris Kravchenko who criticized the labor union for not supporting the striking oil workers in 2011 which led to Zhanaozen massacre that resulted in the deaths of 14 oil workers.