He was nominee for the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (QRKF) in the 2019 Kazakh presidential election.

From 1983 to 1987, he worked as assigner of the TNK Bureau, head of the section, head of the mechanical assembly shop, representative of the State Acceptance Authority of the Oral Valve Plant until he became the instructor of the City Committee of Communist Party of Kazakhstan in Oral.

From 2002 to 2003, Taspihov was the chairman of the Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From there, Taspihov served as member of Committee on Economic Reform and Regional Development until the Parliament was dismissed on 20 June 2007.

[2] On 24 April 2019, Taspihov was nominated by the Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (QRKF) to be the candidate for snap presidential election.