Agency Name: | Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Nativename: | |
Picture Caption: | House of Ministries |
Formed: | November 1996 |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Kazakhstan |
Headquarters: | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |
Chief1 Name: | Svetlana Zhakupova[1] |
Chief1 Position: | Minister |
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MLSPP RK, Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Еңбек және халықты әлеуметтік қорғау министрлігі, ҚР ЕХӘҚМ;, МТСЗН РК) is a department within the Government of Kazakhstan, which provides leadership and intersectoral coordination in the field of labor, labor safety and labor protection, employment, pension and social security, compulsory social insurance, population migration, social support for needy categories of citizens and families with children, as well as on the appointment and payment of state social benefits for disability, in case of loss of breadwinner and age, special state benefits, state special general allowance for people working in underground and opencast mining, for work with especially harmful and especially difficult working conditions, lump-sum monetary compensation to citizens who suffered as a result of nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk Test Site and political repressions.[2]
The Ministry was created in November 1996 by combining the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Social Protection.
The Ministry was abolished in accordance with the Decree 875 by President of Kazakhstan on 6 August 2014 where the functions and powers of the Ministry were transferred to the established Ministry of Health and Social Development.
By the decree of the President of Kazakhstan on 25 January 2017, the Ministry of Health and Social Development was reorganized by separation into the Ministry of Healthcare and the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection which was reestablished.[3] [4]
As part of the Ministry:
Departments:
Minister | Term of Office | Cabinet | |||
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Natalya Korzhova | 11 November 1996 | 12 October 1999 | Kazhegeldin | ||
Balgimbayev | |||||
Nikolai Radostovets | 12 October 1999 | 7 August 2000 | Tokayev | ||
Alikhan Baimenov | 7 August 2000 | 22 November 2001 | Tokayev | ||
Gulzhan Karagusova | 22 November 2001 | 12 July 2007 | Tokayev | ||
Tasmagambetov | |||||
Akhmetov | |||||
Massimov I | |||||
Berdibek Saparbayev | 27 August 2007 | 4 March 2009 | Massimov I | ||
Gulshara Abdykhalikova | 4 March 2009 | 26 September 2012 | Massimov I | ||
Akhmetov | |||||
Serik Abdenov | 26 September 2012 | 10 June 2013 | Akhmetov | ||
Tamara Duisenova | 27 June 2013 | 6 August 2014 | Akhmetov | ||
Massimov II | |||||
Tamara Duisenova | 25 January 2017 | 9 February 2018 | Sagintayev | ||
Madina Abilqasymova | 9 February 2018 | 21 February 2019 | Sagintayev | ||
Berdibek Saparbayev | 25 February 2019 | 20 August 2019 | Mamin | ||
Birjan Nurymbetov | 20 August 2019 | 18 January 2021 | Mamin | ||
Serik Şapkenov | 18 January 2021 | 5 January 2022 | Mamin | ||
11 January 2022 | 7 April 2022 | Smaiylov | |||
Tamara Duisenova | 11 April 2022 | Smaiylov | |||
Svetlana Zhakupova | 4 September 2023 | Smaiylov |