Vladislav Borisovich Kosarev (russian: Владислав Борисович Косарев; born 16 November 1937) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as a member of the

Mäjilis The Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті Мәжілісі, Qazaqstan Respublikasy Parlamentî Mäjîlîsî, also transliterated as Mazhilis; "Assembly" in ...

, First Secretary and then Honorary Secretary of the

Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan The People's Party of Kazakhstan (abbr. QHP),, NPK originally the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (QKHP),, KNPK is a left-wing political party in Kazakhstan, currently led by Ermūhamet Ertısbaev. The Secretaries of the Central Committ ...

(QKHP) from 2004 to 2020 and the

parliamentary leader A parliamentary leader is a political title or a descriptive term used in various countries to designate the person leading a parliamentary group or caucus in a legislative body, whether it be a national or sub-national legislature. They are the ...

of the QKHP from 2012 to 2018.

Biography

Early life

Kosarev was born in the town of Volodarskoye in the

North Kazakhstan Region North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a Regions of Kazak ...

of the

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

. He worked as a tractor driver on the Borovsk State Farm in the Rusayevsk District and then served in the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

from 1956 to 1959. He graduated from the Omsk Agricultural Institute in 1968.

Political career

In 1958, Kosarev joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and in 1959, he began working as the secretary of the Borovsk state farm's Komsomol (Communist Youth League) and two years later became the secretary of the Party Committee at the Michurinskiy, Volodarskiy, and Chervonnyy state farms. In 1968, he became an instructor at the Oblast Committee. He became the first secretary of the Kokshetau Oblast Komsomol in 1970 and in 1973, the First Secretary of the Leninsky Regional Party Committee. In 1974, Kosarev became the First Secretary of the Lenin District Committee of the party from the Kokchetau Region. From 1980 to 1990, he was the chairman of the Regional Committee of the Agricultural Workers Union and then became a chairman of the Kokshetau Oblast Council of Labor Unions until 1997. From 1998 to 1999, Kosarev was the Director of the Representative Office of the Kazakh National Corporation of Health and Medical Insurance "Interteach" in Kokshetau. In 1999, he became the member of the

from the 1st District of Akmola Region until 2004. In 2004, after splitting from the

Communist Party of Kazakhstan The Communist Party of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы, ''Qazaqstan Kommunistık Partiasy'', QKP; russian: Коммунистическая партия Казахстана) is a banned political pa ...

, together with T. A. Kenzhin and A. A. Kholodkov, Kosarev founded the

(QKHP) and was the First Secretary of the Central Committee until he resigned from his post on 1 June 2013. That same day, he was unanimously chosen to be the Honorary Secretary of the QKHP. In the 2012 legislative elections, he was elected as the member of the Mäjilis, representing QKHP and was the party's

from 20 January 2012 until 17 September 2018, when he was succeeded by

Aiqyn Qongyrov Aiqyn Oiratuly Qongyrov (; born 28 November 1972) is a Kazakh politician who is serving as a member of the Mazhilis since 2012. He was the chairman of the People's Party of Kazakhstan (QHP) from 11 November 2020 before being succeeded by Ermūhame ...

. In 2015, Kosarev openly defended the ban on the

, claiming it was due to ignorance of the party leaders about the law. On 11 November 2020, he voted against the renaming of the party but supported Qongyrov's candidacy as the leader of the party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosarev, Vladislav 1937 births Living people People from North Kazakhstan Region Communist Party of Kazakhstan politicians Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Members of the Mazhilis Omsk State Agrarian University alumni Recipients of the Order of Kurmet Recipients of the Order of Parasat Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour