President of Kazakhstan

The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the head of state, commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The presidency was created on 24 April 1990, a year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The first and, until March 2019, the only President of Kazakhstan was Nursultan Nazarbayev.^[1]

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
Inaugural holder	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Formation	24 April 1990
Succession	Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Website	(in Kazakh) akorda.kz (in English) www.akorda.kz/en

None of the presidential elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western countries or international observers^[2] with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship.

List of officeholders

Political parties

  QKP

  Otan → Nur Otan

  Amanat

  Independent

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
1		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
2		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	5 years, 325 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.