Asqar Orazalyūly Şäkirov (Kazakh: Асқар Оразалыұлы Шәкіров, Asqar Orazalyūly Şäkırov; born 2 February 1956) is a Kazakh politician who serves as a Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan since 2 September 2019.

He graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at the Moscow State University with a degree in orientalist history in 1978.

While serving the post, he was the Director of the Asia, Middle East and Africa Department of the Ministry from June 1997.

That same year, Şäkirov was appointed as Vice Minister and the Director of the 4th Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[3][4][5] On 2 July 2020, Şäkirov was awarded the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.