Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician who served as the first President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019.[1][2] Some opposition groups call him an "unofficial leader" and "dictator".
Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st President of Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 24 April 1990[note 1] – 20 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | See list
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Vice President | Yerik Asanbayev (1991–96) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 16 December 1991 – 5 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of Nur Otan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 4 July 2007 – 23 November 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of the Assembly of People | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 March 1995 – 28 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honorary Chairman of the Organization of Turkic States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 25 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev 6 July 1940 Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Ushkonyr, Kazakhstan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Nur Otan (1999–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Communist (1962–1991) Independent (1991–1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Sara Konakayeva (m. 1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Dariga Dinara Aliya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Bolat Nazarbayev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | elbasy.kz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allegiance | USSR Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Branch/service | Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1991–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Supreme Commander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central institution membership
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Nazarbayev has been the president since December 1991, when Kazakhstan became independent of the Soviet Union. He has been the country's leader since 1989. This is when he was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. In April 2011, Nazarbayev was re-elected to another five-year term.[3]
In February 2014, he proposed renaming Kazakhstan to "Kazakh Eli".[4] In 2006 he rewrote the words to "My Kazakhstan" which was then accepted as the country's national anthem. Shortly after his resignation as president the capital city was named after him in his honour.
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“CIS heads of state”. Russian President Boris Yeltsin (second right), Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk (left), Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (second left) and Speaker of Belarusian Supreme Soviet (Parliament) Stanislav Shushkevich (right) after signing Protocol on Establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Nazarbayev (three rows from left) at the 1992 World Economic Forum chaired by Henry Kissinger in Davos
William Cohen and Nazarbayev in November 1997
Nazarbayev with US President George W. Bush at the White House in September 2006
Nazarbayev with Vladimir Putin and Shavkat Mirziyoyev in October 2018
The signing ceremony of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 29 May 2014)
Notes
- ↑ Kazakhstan declared independence from the Soviet Union on 16 December 1991.
References
- ↑ "Kazakh leader Nazarbayev resigns after three decades". BBC News. 19 March 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47628854.
- ↑ "Kazakh president resigns after three decades in office".
- ↑ Staff writer (4 April 2011). "Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev wins re-election". BBC News Asia-Pacific. BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Kazakh leader floats renaming country". BBC News. 7 February 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26082740.