List of leaders of Kazakhstan

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Leaders of Kazakhstan (1919-1990)

Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1925)

Secretaries of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the Communist Party

• Stanislav Pestkovsky (30 April 1919 – August 1920)
• Ivan Akulov (August 1920 – January 1921)
• Mukhamedkhafiy Murzagaliyev (January–July 1921)
• Mariya Kostelovskaya (July 1921 – 1921)
• Georgy Korostelyev (1921 – September 1924)
• Viktor Naneyshvili (1924 – 19 February 1925)

Chairmen of the Revolutionary Committee

• Stanislav Pestkovsky (10 July 1919 – 1920)
• Sakhiygirey Radus-Zenkovich (August 1920 – October 1920)
• Abdrakhman Aytiyev (October 1920)

Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee

• Seytgali Mendeshev (12 October 1920 – 19 February 1925)

Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936)

Secretaries of the Kazakh Regional Committee ("Kazkraykom") of the Communist Party

• Viktor Naneyshvili (19 February 1925 – June 1925)
• Filipp Goloshchekin (12 September 1925 – February 1933)
• Levon Mirzoyan (February 1933 – 5 December 1936)

Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee

• Seytgali Mendeshev (19 February 1925 – 19 April 1925)
• Zhalav Mynbayev (19 April 1925 – 1927)
• Eltay Ernazarov (1927–1933)
• Uzakbay Kulumbetov (11 October 1933 – 5 December 1936)

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)

First Secretaries of the Kazakh Communist Party

• Levon Mirzoyan (5 December 1936 – 3 May 1938)
• Nikolay Skvortsov (3 May 1938 – 14 September 1945)
• Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (14 September 1946 – 6 March 1954)
• Panteleimon Ponomarenko (6 March 1954 – 7 May 1955)
• Leonid Brezhnev (7 May 1955 – 6 March 1956)
• Ivan Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (6 March 1956 – 26 December 1957)
• Nikolay Belyayev (26 December 1957 – 19 January 1960)
• Dinmukhamed Konayev (19 January 1960 – 26 December 1962) (1st time)
• Ismail Yusupov (26 December 1962 – 7 December 1964)
• Dinmukhamed Konayev (7 December 1964 – 16 December 1986) (2nd time)
• Gennady Kolbin (16 December 1986 – 22 June 1989)
• Nursultan Nazarbayev (22 June 1989 – 28 August 1991)

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee

• Uzakbay Kulubetov (5 December 1936 – 22 June 1937)
• Ismail Salvafeka (acting) (June 1937 – July 1937)
• Alibey Dzhangildin (July 1937 – 28 October 1937)
• Nabapa Umirzakov (28 October 1937 – 15 July 1938)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

• Satken Daulenov (15 July, – 17 July 1938)

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

• Abdisamet Kazakhpayev (17 July 1938 – January 1947)
• I. Lukyanets (acting) (January 1947 – 20 March 1947)
• Daniyal Kerimbayev (20 March 1947 – 23 January 1954)
• Nurtas Undasynov (23 January 1954 – 19 April 1955)
• Zhumabek Tashenov (19 April 1955 – 20 January 1960)
• Fazyl Karibzhanov (20 January 1960 – 25 August 1960)
• Kapitalina Krykova (acting) (25 August 1960 – 3 January 1961)
• Isagali Sharipov (3 January 1961 – 5 April 1965)
• Sabir Niyazbekov (5 April 1965 – 20 December 1978)
• Isatay Abdukarimov (20 December 1978 – 14 December 1979)
• Sattar Ishamov (14 December 1979 – 22 February 1984)
• Andrey Plotnikov (22 February 1984 – 22 March 1984)
• Bayken Ashimov (22 March 1984 – 27 September 1985)
• Salamay Mukashev (27 September 1985 – 9 February 1988)
• Zakash Kamaledinov (9 February 1988 – December 1988)
• Vera Sidorova (December 1988 – 10 March 1989)
• Makhtay Sagdiyev (10 March 1989 – 22 February 1990)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

• Nursultan Nazarbayev (22 February 1990 – 24 April 1990)

Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990-present)

      Communist Party       Fatherland / Nur Otan       Independent

№		Name	Portrait	Elected	Term of office		Political party
	1	Nursultan Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев		—	24 April 1990	1 December 1991	Communist Party
				1991	1 December 1991	29 April 1999	Independent
				1999	29 April 1999	4 December 2005	Fatherland ↓ Nur Otan
				2005	4 December 2005	4 April 2011
				2011	4 April 2011	Incumbent

See also

• Politics of Kazakhstan
• Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
• Vice President of Kazakhstan

External links

• Kazakhstan President Official Site
• Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev Biography