President of Kazakhstan
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The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Prezidentı; Cyrillic: Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті; Russian: Президент Республики Казахстан, romanized: Prezident Respubliki Kazakhstan) is the head of state of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The president is the holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The powers of this position are described in a special section of the Constitution of Kazakhstan.
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті (Kazakh) Президент Республики Казахстан (Russian) | |
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Style | Mr. President (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
Type | Head of state |
Residence | Ak Orda Presidential Palace |
Appointer | Direct popular vote |
Term length | Seven years, non-renewable |
Inaugural holder | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Formation | 24 April 1990; 34 years ago (1990-04-24) |
Salary | ₸7,876,032.18[1][2] |
Website | (in Kazakh) akorda.kz (in English) akorda.kz |
The position was established on 24 April 1990, a year before the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The current president is Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who assumed office on 20 March 2019 following the resignation of the first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.[3] None of the presidential elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western standards[4] with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship.