President of Kazakhstan
The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the head of state, commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The presidency was created on 24 April 1990, a year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The first and, until March 2019, the only President of Kazakhstan was Nursultan Nazarbayev.[1]
| President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті | |
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| Residence | Ak Orda Presidential Palace |
| Appointer | Direct popular vote |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Formation | 24 April 1990 |
| Succession | Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan |
| Website | (in Kazakh) akorda.kz (in English) www.akorda.kz/en |
None of the presidential elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western countries or international observers[2] with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship.
List of presidents
| No. | Name | Portrait | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nursultan Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев (1940–) |
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— | 24 April 1990 | 1 December 1991 | Communist Party of Kazakhstan | |
| 1 1991 |
1 December 1991 | 14 December 1991 | |||||
| (1) | 14 December 1991 | 20 January 1999 | Independent | ||||
| 2 1999 |
20 January 1999 | 1 March 1999 | |||||
| (1) | 1 March 1999 | 11 January 2006 | Otan | ||||
| 3 2005 |
11 January 2006 | 1 December 2006 | |||||
| (1) | 1 December 2006 | 8 April 2011 | Nur Otan | ||||
| 4 2011 |
8 April 2011 | 29 April 2015 | |||||
| 5 2015 |
29 April 2015 | 20 March 2019[3] (resigned from office) | |||||
| 2 | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев (1953–) |
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20 March 2019[4] | Incumbent | Nur Otan | ||
President Of Kazakhstan Media
Presidential Standard (1995—2012)
An official document of the presidency.
10 Years of the Constitution of Kazakhstan
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References
- ↑ Kazakhstan President Archived 2013-07-31 at the Wayback Machine Embassy of Kazakhstan
- ↑ Kazakhstan's long term president to run in snap election – again, The Guardian, 11 March 2015
- ↑ "Kazakh President Nazarbaev Abruptly Announces Resignation". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ↑ Обязанности президента Казахстана будет исполнять спикер Сената Токаев
