List of leaders of Kazakhstan
Appearance
The president of Kazakhstan is the head of state elected by popular vote to serve a five-year-term.[1] The president appoints the prime minister (head of government) and first deputy prime minister.[2][3]
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті | |
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since 20 March 2019 | |
Residence | Ak Orda Presidential Palace |
Appointer | Direct popular vote |
Term length | 5 years, renewable |
Formation | 24 April 1990 |
Succession | Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan |
Website | (in Kazakh) akorda.kz (in English) www.akorda.kz/en |
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Leaders of the Kazakh Khanate (Khans) (1465–1874)
Leaders of Kazakhstan (1917–1990)
Alash Autonomy (1917–1920)
№ | Portrait | Name
(Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Chairman of the Provisional People's Council | |||||||
1 | Alikhan Bukeikhanov (1866–1937) |
13 December 1917 | 5 March 1920 | Alash |
Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925)
№ | Portrait | Name
(Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee | |||||||
1 | Stanisław Pestkowski (1882–1937) |
30 April 1919 | August 1920 | 1 year | CPSU | ||
– | Sakhiygirey Radus-Zenkovich (1887–1938) Acting |
August 1920 | 26 August 1920 | 1 month | CPSU | ||
2 | Viktor Radus Zenkovich (1878–1967) |
26 August 1920 | October 1920 | 2 months | CPSU | ||
3 | Abdrakhman Aytiyev (1886–1937) |
October 1920 | October 1920 | 1 month | CPSU | ||
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | |||||||
4 | Seytgali Mendeshev (1887–1938) |
12 October 1920 | 19 April 1925 | ||||
5 | Jalau Mynbaev (1892–1929) |
19 April 1920 | 15 June 1925 |
Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936)
№ | Portrait | Name
(Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | |||||||
1 | Jalau Mynbaev (1892–1929) |
15 June 1925 | 1927 | CPSU | |||
2 | Eltay Ernazarov (1887–1945) |
1927 | 1933 | CPSU | |||
3 | Uzakbay Kulumbetov (1891–1938) |
11 October 1933 | 5 December 1936 | CPSU |
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)
№ | Portrait | Name
(Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | |||||||
1 | Uzakbay Kulumbetov (1891–1938) |
5 December 1936 | 22 June 1937 | QKP | |||
– | Ismail Salvafeka (?–?) Acting |
June 1937 | July 1937 | QKP | |||
2 | Alibey Dzhangildin (1884–1953) |
July 1937 | 28 October 1937 | QKP | |||
3 | Nurbapa Umirzakov (1907–1947) |
28 October 1937 | 15 July 1938 | QKP | |||
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||
4 | Salken Daulenov (1907–1984) |
15 July 1938 | 17 July 1938 | QKP | |||
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||
5 | Abdisamet Kazakhpayev (1898–1959) |
17 July 1938 | January 1937 | QKP | |||
– | Ivan Lukyanets (1902–1994) Acting |
January 1937 | 20 March 1947 | QKP | |||
6 | Daniyal Kerimbayev (1909–1982) |
20 March 1947 | 23 January 1954 | QKP | |||
7 | Nurtas Undasynov (1904–1989) |
23 January 1954 | 19 April 1955 | QKP | |||
8 | Zhumabek Tashenov (1915–1986) |
19 April 1955 | 20 January 1960 | QKP | |||
9 | Fazyl Karibzhanov (1912–1960) |
20 January 1960 | 25 August 1960 | QKP | |||
– | Kapitalina Krykova (1914–2002) Acting |
25 August 1960 | 3 January 1961 | QKP | |||
10 | Isagali Sharipov (1906–1976) |
3 January 1961 | 5 April 1965 | QKP | |||
11 | Sabir Niyazbekov (1912–1989) |
5 April 1965 | 20 December 1978 | QKP | |||
12 | Isatay Abdukarimov (1924–2001) |
20 December 1978 | 14 December 1979 | QKP | |||
13 | Sattar Imashev (1926–1984) |
14 December 1979 | 22 February 1984 | QKP | |||
14 | Andrey Plotnikov (1912–1991) |
22 February 1984 | 22 March 1984 | QKP | |||
15 | Bayken Ashimov (1919–2010) |
22 March 1984 | 27 September 1985 | QKP | |||
16 | Salamat Mukashev (1927–2004) |
27 September 1985 | 9 February 1988 | QKP | |||
17 | Zakash Kamalidenov (1939–2017) |
9 February 1988 | December 1988 | QKP | |||
18 | Vera Sidorova (1934–) |
December 1988 | 10 March 1989 | QKP | |||
19 | Makhtay Sagdiyev (1929–2012) |
10 March 1989 | 22 February 1990 | QKP | |||
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||
20 | Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940–) |
22 February 1990 | 24 April 1990 | QKP |
Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990–present)
- Until 16 December 1991 was called President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
№ | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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1 | Nursultan Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев (born 1940) |
1990 | 24 April 1990 | 1 December 1991 | QKP | ||
Independent | |||||||
1991 | 1 December 1991 | 20 January 1999 | |||||
1999 | 20 January 1999 | 11 January 2006 | |||||
2005 | 11 January 2006 | 8 April 2011 | |||||
2011 | 8 April 2011 | 29 April 2015 | Nur Otan | ||||
2015 | 29 April 2015 | 20 March 2019 | |||||
2 | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев (born 1953) |
- | 20 March 2019 | 12 June 2019 | Nur Otan | ||
2019 | 12 June 2019 | Incumbent |
See also
- Politics of Kazakhstan
- President of Kazakhstan
- Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Vice President of Kazakhstan
References
- ^ "The Constitution". Official website of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
Article 41 (1). The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be elected in accordance with the constitutional law by adult citizens of the Republic on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of five years.
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- ^ Chivers, C.J. (6 December 2005). "Kazakh President Re-elected; voting Flawed, Observers Say". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
Kazakhstan has never held an election that was not rigged.