Zhumabek Tashenov

Jūmabek Ahmetūly Täşenov (; 20 March 1915 – 18 November 1986) was a Soviet politician, who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR from 1960 to 1961 and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR from 1955 to 1960.

Tashenov was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1962, he earned a Ph.D. in Economics.

Biography Tashenov was born on March 20, 1915, in the village Tanaköl, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire (present-day Babatai village, Arshaly District, Akmola Region).

A descendant of the Northern Kazakhs near present-day Astana and member of a middle class family, Tashenov was one of six children.

Though his father's name is Zhaksybay, Tashenov's patronymic is officially recorded as Akhmetovich. According to Dametken Zheng, following Kazakh customs, Tashenov and his brother Manap were adopted by their father's brother Ahmet after Zhaksybay's death. He was also a leading oppositionist to the relocation of the Mangyshlak Region away from Kazakhstan, also proposed by Khrushchev. From 1961, Tashenov was demoted to lower, more local position in South Kazakhstan.

In 1975, Tashenov retired. Outside of politics, he did research. On 18 November 1986, he died, and was buried in Shymkent.

Personal life Tashenov married Bätes Tashenova in 1941. In 1942, their firstborn, Sayan, was born.