Back رئيس كازاخستان Arabic Presidente de Kazakstán AST Qazaxıstan Prezidenti Azerbaijani Прэзідэнт Казахстана Byelorussian Президент на Казахстан Bulgarian President del Kazakhstan Catalan Prezident Kazachstánu Czech Präsident Kasachstans German Πρόεδρος του Καζακστάν Greek Presidente de Kazajistán Spanish

President of Kazakhstan

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті (Kazakh)
Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Prezidentı (Kazakh)
Президент Республики Казахстан (Russian)
Presidential standard
since 20 March 2019
Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan
StyleMr. President
(informal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)
TypeHead of state
Commander in chief
ResidenceAk Orda Presidential Palace
AppointerDirect popular vote
Term lengthSeven years, non-renewable
Inaugural holderNursultan Nazarbayev
Formation24 April 1990 (1990-04-24)
Salary₸7,876,032.18[1][2]
Website(in Kazakh)
akorda.kz
(in English)
akorda.kz
Politics of Kazakhstan

Commonwealth of Independent States CIS member state

The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan[a] is the head of state of the Kazakhstan and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The president is the holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The powers of this position are described in a special section of the Constitution of Kazakhstan.

The position was established on 24 April 1990, a year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The current president is Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who assumed office on 20 March 2019 following the resignation of the first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.[3] None of the presidential elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western standards[4] with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship.

  1. ^ "Зарплаты президентов – Новости Таджикистана ASIA-Plus". news.tj. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03.
  2. ^ "Сколько зарабатывает Путин и президенты других стран / FinHow.ru". finhow.ru.
  3. ^ Kazakhstan President Embassy of Kazakhstan
  4. ^ Kazakhstan's long term president to run in snap election – again, The Guardian, 11 March 2015


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