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List of presidents of Kazakhstan

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The president of Kazakhstan holds the highest authority in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Established under the Constitution of Kazakhstan, the president is the head of state and is directly elected by the people for a nonrenewable term of seven years. Alongside the prime minister, the president leads the executive branch of the Kazakh government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the Kazakh Armed Forces.[1] Since the establishment of the office of the presidency on 24 April 1990, under the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan has had only two individuals serve as president.[2] The current president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, assumed office on 20 March 2019, following the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country's founding president.[3]

List of officeholders

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Political parties

  QKP
  Amanat
Status
  Denotes acting president
Symbols

C Constitutional referendum

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Nursultan Nazarbayev
(born 1940)
1990 24 April 1990 20 March 2019 28 years, 330 days QKP
(until Sept. 1991)
1991
1999
Independent
(until Febr. 1999)
2005
2011
2015
Otan
until Dec. 2006 renamed to
Nur Otan
2 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
(born 1953)
20 March 2019 12 June 2019 84 days Nur Otan
(until March 2022 renamed to Amanat)
2019 12 June 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 195 days Amanat
(until April 2022)
2022 Independent

Note

Until 16 December 1991 the head of state was called President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.

Timeline

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Kassym-Jomart TokayevNursultan Nazarbayev

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "On the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - "Adilet" LIS". adilet.zan.kz. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ^ "Президенттік институт – мемлекеттілік тірегі". Egemen Qazaqstan (in Kazakh). Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  3. ^ Altynsarina, Elya (2019-03-20). "New Kazakh President sworn in, praises predecessor, pledges continuity". The Astana Times. Retrieved 2024-03-14.