Aitkul Samakova

In 1991, Samakova was appointed the First Deputy to the Kazakhstan Minister of Trade.<ref name=export/> Then, in 1996, she became the Head of the Department of Citizenship in the executive branch of the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref name=export/>

In 1991, Samakova was appointed the First Deputy to the Kazakhstan Minister of Trade.<ref name=export/> Then, in 1996, she became the Head of the Department of Citizenship in the executive branch of the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref name=export/>

In 1998, Samakova joined the [[Senate of Kazakhstan]].<ref name=export/> In 1999, the President of Kazakhstan appointed her the Chairman of the National Commission for Family and Women Affairs under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and she was briefly the Deputy Head of Government in that year.<ref>{{cite book |author=Gulnara Mendikulova |editor1=Christa Hämmerle |editor2=Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar |year=2008 |title=Gender Politics in Central Asia: Historical Perspectives and Current Living Conditions of Women |page=30}}</ref> In this capacity, she was responsible for representing the government of Kazakhstan on issues pertaining to the treatment of women to international bodies like the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2001/wom1254.doc.htm |title=Kazakhstan responds to questions by women's anti-discrimination committee |publisher=[[United Nations]] |date=23 January 2001 |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>

In 1998, Samakova joined the [[Senate of Kazakhstan]].<ref name=export/> In 1999, the President of Kazakhstan appointed her the Chairwoman of the National Commission for Family and Women Affairs under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and she was briefly the Deputy Head of Government in that year.<ref>{{cite book |author=Gulnara Mendikulova |editor1=Christa Hämmerle |editor2=Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar |year=2008 |title=Gender Politics in Central Asia: Historical Perspectives and Current Living Conditions of Women |page=30}}</ref> In this capacity, she was responsible for representing the government of Kazakhstan on issues pertaining to the treatment of women to international bodies like the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2001/wom1254.doc.htm |title=Kazakhstan responds to questions by women's anti-discrimination committee |publisher=[[United Nations]] |date=23 January 2001 |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>

In 2002, she was appointed Minister of the Environment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/resources/implementation-aarhus-convention-and-kazakhstan-priorities |title=On implementation of the Aarhus Convention and Kazakhstan priorities |publisher=Aarhus clearing house |date=2 October 2016 |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref> She was a member of the [[Tasmagambetov Cabinet]] and the [[Daniyal Akhmetov Cabinet]]. While Minister of the Environment, Samakova continued to be Chairman of the National Commission for Family and Women Affairs under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref name=export/> She continued to hold this post after leaving the Environment Ministry in 2006.<ref name=export/>

In 2002, she was appointed Minister of the Environment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/resources/implementation-aarhus-convention-and-kazakhstan-priorities |title=On implementation of the Aarhus Convention and Kazakhstan priorities |publisher=Aarhus clearing house |date=2 October 2016 |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref> She was a member of the [[Tasmagambetov Cabinet]] and the [[Daniyal Akhmetov Cabinet]]. While Minister of the Environment, Samakova continued to be Chairman of the National Commission for Family and Women Affairs under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref name=export/> She continued to hold this post after leaving the Environment Ministry in 2006.<ref name=export/>