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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]
See also: List of Kazakh khans |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
6 | Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) |
7 May 1955 | 6 March 1956 | QKP/CPSU | |
7 | 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 | |
13 | Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) |
22 June 1989 | 7 September 1991 | QKP/CPSU |
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 |
Political parties
C Constitutional referendum
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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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 | ||||||
21 | 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, 302 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.