Shaken Niyazbekov

Shaken Onlasynuly Niyazbekov (Шәкен Оңласынұлы Ниязбеков, Şäken Оñlаsynūly Niiazbekov; Шакен Онласынович Ниязбеков; 12 November 1938 – 16 August 2014) was a Kazakhstani artist who designed the flag of Kazakhstan.

He was born on 12 November 1938 in Jambul (present-day Taraz). Shaken Niyazbekov left Secondary school and entered Leningrad art-industrial college. While studying in this college he participated in restoration works in the Hermitage, Isakiev’s cathedral and Petrodvorets.

Niyazbekov's project of the national flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan was chosen among more than 600 proposals.