Mauken was born in
Altay Prefecture,
Xinjiang, in November 1952. After a year of studying at the Translation Class of
Qinghe County Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1967, he became a
sent-down youth in Dongfeng People's Commune () and then Hongqi People's Commune (). Since October 1972, he successively worked as a translator and interpreter in the Office of CCP Qinghe County Committee, CCP Altay Prefecture Committee, and CCP Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Committee. In February 1984, he rose to become deputy director of the Office of Altay Prefecture People's Government, and held that office until June 1992, when he was appointed director of the Commercial Office of Altay Prefecture. He was a delegate to the
10th and
11th National People's Congress, and a member of the 12th Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. ==References==