Irina Vladimirovna Smirnova (Kazakh: Ирина Владимировна Смирнова; born 21 July 1960) is a Kazakhstani politician who is a member of the Mäjilis from the People's Party of Kazakhstan (QHP) since 2016.
In 1983, she graduated from the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University while she taught biology at the Jambyl Regional School No.
[1] Smirnova became a candidate for the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (QKHP) in the 2016 Kazakh legislative election.
[2] After becoming a member of the Mäjilis, Smirnova served in the Finance and Budget Committee.
[3] In January 2021, after being re-elected, Smirnova at the People's Party of Kazakhstan (QHP) congress, proposed her candidacy to the post of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan where she criticized Askar Mamin's government by claiming that it's cut off from the people and doesn't know what the country wants.