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 of Kazakhstan (head of government) and first deputy prime minister.[2][3]
Leaders of the Kazakh Khanate (Khans) (1465–1874) edit
Leaders of Kazakhstan (1917–1990) edit
Alash Autonomy (1917–1920) edit
| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 years, 83 days | Alash |
Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925) edit
| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1925 | 15 June 1925 | |||
Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936) edit
| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | ||||||
| 1 | Jalau Mynbaev (1892–1929) |
15 June 1925 | 1927 | ~2 years | CPSU | |
| 2 | Eltay Ernazarov (1887–1945) |
1927 | 1933 | ~6 years | CPSU | |
| 3 | Uzakbay Kulumbetov (1891–1938) |
11 October 1933 | 5 December 1936 | CPSU | ||
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991) edit
First Secretary of the Communist Party edit
| No. | Picture | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Levon Mirzoyan (1897–1939) |
5 December 1936 | 15 May 1938 | QKP/CPSU |
| 2 | 
|
Nikolay Skvortsov (1899–1974) |
15 May 1938 | 13 July 1945 | QKP/CPSU |
| 3 | Gennady Borkov (1905–1983) |
13 July 1945 | 22 July 1946 | QKP/CPSU | |
| 4 | Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (1902–1966) |
22 July 1946 | 6 February 1954 | QKP/CPSU | |
| 5 | 
|
Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902–1984) |
6 February 1954 | 7 May 1955 | QKP/CPSU |
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|
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) |
7 May 1955 | 6 March 1956 | QKP/CPSU |
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|
Ivan Yakovlev (1910–1999) |
6 March 1956 | 26 December 1957 | QKP/CPSU |
| 8 |
|
Nikolay Belyaev (1903–1966) |
26 December 1957 | 19 January 1960 | QKP/CPSU |
| 9 | 
|
Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993) |
19 January 1960 | 26 December 1962 | QKP/CPSU |
| 10 | Ismail Yusupov (1914–2005) |
26 December 1962 | 7 December 1964 | QKP/CPSU | |
| 11 |
|
Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993) |
7 December 1964 | 16 December 1986 | QKP/CPSU |
| 12 | Gennady Kolbin (1927–1998) |
16 December 1986 | 22 June 1989 | QKP/CPSU | |
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|
Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) |
22 June 1989 | 7 September 1991 | QKP/CPSU |
Head of state edit
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | ||||||
| 1 | Uzakbai Zeldirbayuly Kulymbetov (1891–1938) |
5 December 1936 | 22 June 1937 | 199 days | QKP | |
| — | Ismail Salvafeka (?–?) Acting |
June 1937 | July 1937 | ~1 month | QKP | |
| 2 | Alibey Dzhangildin (1884–1953) |
July 1937 | 28 October 1937 | ~3 months | QKP | |
| 3 | 
|
Nurbapa Umirzakov (1907–1947) |
28 October 1937 | 15 July 1938 | 260 days | QKP |
| Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet | ||||||
| 4 | Salken Daulenov (1907–1984) |
15 July 1938 | 17 July 1938 | 2 days | QKP | |
| Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | ||||||
| 5 | Abdisamet Kazakhpayev (1898–1959) |
17 July 1938 | January 1947 | ~6 months | QKP | |
| — | Ivan Lukyanets (1902–1994) Acting |
January 1947 | 20 March 1947 | ~2 months | QKP | |
| 6 | Daniyal Kerimbayev (1909–1982) |
20 March 1947 | 23 January 1954 | 6 years, 309 days | QKP | |
| 7 | Nurtas Undasynov (1904–1989) |
23 January 1954 | 19 April 1955 | 1 year, 86 days | QKP | |
| 8 | Zhumabek Tashenov (1915–1986) |
19 April 1955 | 20 January 1960 | 4 years, 276 days | QKP | |
| 9 | Fazyl Karibzhanov (1912–1960) |
20 January 1960 | 25 August 1960 | 218 days | QKP | |
| — | Kapitalina Krykova (1914–2002) Acting |
25 August 1960 | 3 January 1961 | 131 days | QKP | |
| 10 | Isagali Sharipov (1906–1976) |
3 January 1961 | 5 April 1965 | 4 years, 92 days | QKP | |
| 11 | Sabir Niyazbekov (1912–1989) |
5 April 1965 | 20 December 1978 | 13 years, 259 days | QKP | |
| 12 | Isatay Abdukarimov (1924–2001) |
20 December 1978 | 14 December 1979 | 359 days | QKP | |
| 13 | Sattar Imashev (1926–1984) |
14 December 1979 | 22 February 1984 | 4 years, 70 days | QKP | |
| 14 | Andrey Plotnikov (1912–1991) |
22 February 1984 | 22 March 1984 | 29 days | QKP | |
| 15 | Bayken Ashimov (1917–2010) |
22 March 1984 | 27 September 1985 | 1 year, 189 days | QKP | |
| 16 | Salamat Mukashev (1927–2004) |
27 September 1985 | 9 February 1988 | 2 years, 135 days | QKP | |
| 17 | Zakash Kamalidenov (1939–2017) |
9 February 1988 | December 1988 | ~10 months | QKP | |
| 18 | Vera Sidorova (born 1934) |
December 1988 | 10 March 1989 | ~3 months | QKP | |
| 19 | Makhtay Sagdiyev (1929–2012) |
10 March 1989 | 22 February 1990 | 349 days | QKP | |
| Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet | ||||||
| 20 |
|
Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) |
22 February 1990 | 24 April 1990 | 61 days | QKP |
Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990–present) edit
Political parties
- Status
Denotes Acting President
- Symbols
C Constitutional referendum
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 20 | 
|
Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) |
1990 | 24 April 1990 | 20 March 2019 | 28 years, 330 days | QKP (until Sept. 1991) |
| 1991 1999 |
Independent (until Febr. 1999) | ||||||
| 2005 2011 2015 |
Otan until Dec. 2006 renamed to Nur Otan | ||||||
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|
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (born 1953) |
— | 20 March 2019 | 12 June 2019 | 84 days | Nur Otan (until March 2022 renamed to Amanat) |
| 2019 | 12 June 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 309 days | Amanat (until April 2022) | |||
| 2022 | Independent | ||||||
Note
Until 16 December 1991 the head of state was called President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
Timeline edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ Pannier, Bruce (2015-03-11). "Kazakhstan's long term president to run in snap election – again". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ 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.