List of leaders of Kazakhstan

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті
	Presidential Standard
	Incumbent; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev; since 20 March 2019
Residence	Ak Orda Presidential Palace
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	5 years, renewable
Precursor	Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
Formation	24 April 1990
Succession	Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Website	(in Kazakh) akorda.kz; (in English) www.akorda.kz/en

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)

Leaders of Kazakhstan (1917–1990)

Alash Autonomy (1917–1920)

№		Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party
№		Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party
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)

№		Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political Party
№		Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party
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
№		Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political Party
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)

First Secretary of the Communist Party

No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
1		Levon Mirzoyan (1897-1939)	5 December 1936	3 May 1938	QKP/CPSU
2		Nikolay Skvortsov (1899-1974)	3 May 1938	14 September 1945	QKP/CPSU
3	File:Shayakhmetov.jpg	Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (1902-1966)	14 September 1945	6 March 1954	QKP/CPSU
4		Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902-1984)	6 March 1954	8 May 1955	QKP/CPSU
5		Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982)	8 May 1955	6 March 1956	QKP/CPSU
6		Ivan Yakovlev (1910-1999)	6 March 1956	26 December 1957	QKP/CPSU
7		Nikolay Belyaev (1903-1966)	26 December 1957	19 January 1960	QKP/CPSU
8		Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912-1993)	19 January 1960	26 December 1962	QKP/CPSU
9		Ismail Yusupov (1914-2005)	26 December 1962	7 December 1964	QKP/CPSU
10		Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912-1993)	7 December 1964	16 December 1986	QKP/CPSU
11		Gennady Kolbin (1927-1998)	16 December 1986	22 June 1989	QKP/CPSU
12		Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940)	22 June 1989	24 April 1990^[4]	QKP/CPSU

Head of state

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Political party		Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Ref.
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee
1		Uzakbay Kulumbetov (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 [kk] (1907–1984)	15 July 1938	17 July 1938	2 days		QKP
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
5		Abdisamet Kazakhpayev [kk] (1898–1959)	17 July 1938	January 1947	~6 months		QKP
–		Ivan Lukyanets [ru] (1902–1994) Acting	January 1947	20 March 1947	~2 months		QKP
6		Daniyal Kerimbayev [kk] (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 [kk] (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)

Officeholder

Until 16 December 1991 was called President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Elected	Ref.
1		Nursultan Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев (born 1940)	24 April 1990	1 December 1991	28 years, 330 days		QKP	1990
			24 April 1990	1 December 1991			Independent	1990
			1 December 1991	20 January 1999				1991
			20 January 1999	11 January 2006				1999
			11 January 2006	8 April 2011			Nur Otan	2005
			8 April 2011	29 April 2015				2011
			29 April 2015	20 March 2019				2015
2		Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев (born 1953)	20 March 2019	12 June 2019	5 years, 106 days		Amanat	–
			12 June 2019	Incumbent			Amanat	2019
			12 June 2019	Incumbent			Independent

Living former officeholder

Living former president of Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev
served 1990-2019
Born 1940 (age 82)

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ 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.
^ April 24, 1990 from Art. 6 of the Constitution of the Kazakh SSR, the provision on the monopoly of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan on power was excluded

External links

[1] "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Pannier-2] 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-3] 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.

[4] April 24, 1990 from Art. 6 of the Constitution of the Kazakh SSR, the provision on the monopoly of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan on power was excluded

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v t e Leaders of Kazakhstan
Kazakh SSR (First Secretary)	Levon Mirzoyan Nikolay Skvortsov Zhumabay Shayakhmetov Panteleimon Ponomarenko Leonid Brezhnev Ivan Yakovlev Nikolai Belyaev Dinmukhamed Kunaev Ismail Yusupov Dinmukhamed Kunaev Gennady Kolbin Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan (President)	Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kazakhstan (Chairman of the Security Council)	Nursultan Nazarbayev