List of leaders of Kazakhstan

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)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	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)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	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
—		Sakypkerei Argynshayev (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

Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	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)	Term of office		Political party
No.	Picture	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
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

Head of state

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee
1		Uzakbai Zeldirbayuly Kulymbetov [kk] (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)

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
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
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	5 years, 192 days	Amanat (until April 2022)
			2022	12 June 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 192 days	Independent

Note

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

Timeline

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.
^ 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.

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.

[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.

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v t e Leaders of Kazakhstan
Kazakh SSR (First Secretary)	Levon Mirzoyan Nikolay Skvortsov Gennady Borkov 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 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev