President of Kazakhstan

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті
Incumbent Nursultan Nazarbayev since 24 April 1990
Residence	Ak Orda Presidential Palace
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Five years, renewable once (Nazarbayev is exempt from term limits)
Inaugural holder	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Formation	24 April 1990
Succession	Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Website	(Kazakh) akorda.kz (English) www.akorda.kz/en

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The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті) is the head of state, supreme commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The authorities of this position are described in special section of Constitution of Kazakhstan.

The position was established on 24 April 1990. The first and current Kazakhstan President is Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Decoration of the President of Kazakhstan

The President of Kazakhstan has decorations - breast mark and standard of The President of Kazakhstan. According to a post The President of Kazakhstan granted cavalierity of the order of the "Gold Eagle" («Алтын Кыран»(«Золотой Орёл»)).

First President

First president Nursultan Nazarbayev has a special status which is noticed in the Constitution of Kazakhstan.

Item 5 of the article 42 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan determines that no one man could be chosen as a president more than 2 terms one time, but there is an exception for the first president.

Item 4 of the article 46 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan describing speciality of the first president of Kazakhstan. In particular it point that attitude, status and authority of the first president described in a special constitutional act.

According to this act, the first president possesses total, absolute and termless inviolability for all actions he performs during his being on a post. And till the death he sustains the government official. He also keeps ability to speak to people of Kazakhstan, keeps guards, communication, transport, state support of his activity, and official apartment and summer residence became his property with official maintenance. There is also pointed medical care, sanatorium, provision of pensions and insurance.

In the name of the first Kazakhstan president the official order and official award, personal library and archives was established.

Latest election

 Summary of the 3 April 2011 Kazakhstani presidential election results

Candidates and nominating parties	Votes	%
Nursultan Nazarbayev – Nur Otan	7,850,958	95.55
Ghani Qasymov – Patriots Party	159,036	1.94
Zhambyl Akhmetbekov – Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan	111,924	1.36
Mels Eleusizov – Tabighat	94,452	1.15
Total (turnout 89.99%)	8,216,370	100.00
Source: Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, Daily Times

Prior to the 2011 election, Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post titled Kazakhstan’s steady progress toward democracy.

See also

• List of leaders of Kazakhstan
• Official website of Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev
• Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev Biography