The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving Senate Chairman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the acting President and successor.

President of Kazakhstan

Head of state of Kazakhstan

The president of Kazakhstan, officially the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the executive head of state of the Kazakhstan and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As the highest-ranking official in the country, the president also…

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council from 1991 to 2022.

Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan

Parliamentary head of state

The Chair of the Senate of Kazakhstan is the head of the upper house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan who is responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary joint meetings. The post was created on 30 January 1996 at the first newly Senate session opening…

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

President of Kazakhstan since 2019

Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev is a Kazakhstani politician and diplomat who has served as the second president of Kazakhstan since 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and as Chairman of the Senate from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2019. Tokayev…

March 19

Day of the year

March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 287 days remain until the end of the year.