President Of Kazakhstan: Head of state 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.
| President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті | |
|---|---|
 Presidential standard | |
| 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 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–) | .jpg) | — | 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 (resigned from office) | |||||
| 2 | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев (1953–) | _04.jpg) | 20 March 2019 | Incumbent | Nur Otan | ||
References
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