List of leaders of Kazakhstan

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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]

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Leaders of the Kazakh Khanate (Khans) (1465–1874)

Leaders of Kazakhstan (19171990)

Alash Autonomy (19171920)

No.Chairman
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyRef
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Alikhan Bukeikhanov.jpg Alikhan Bukeikhanov
Әлихан Бөкейхан
(1866–1937)
13 December 19175 March 19202 years, 83 days Alash

Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (19201925)

No.Chairman
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyRef
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee
1 Stanislaw Pestkowski.jpg Stanisław Pestkowski
Станислав Пестковский
(1882–1937)
26 August 192015 September 192020 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
Coat of arms of the Kirghiz ASSR (1921-1925).svg Sakypkerey Argynshiev (Acting)
Сақыпкерей Арғыншиев
(1887–1938)
26 August 1920September 1920<1 month Communist
(Bolsheviks)
2 Radus-zenkovich.jpg Viktor Radus-Zenkovich
Виктор Радус-Зенькович
(1877–1967)
15 September 192013 October 192028 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee
3 Coat of arms of the Kirghiz ASSR (1921-1925).svg Seitkali Mendeshev
Виктор Радус-Зенькович
(1887–1938)
13 October 192019 April 19254 years, 188 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
3 Coat of arms of the Kirghiz ASSR (1921-1925).svg Zhalau Mynbayev
Жалау Мыңбаев
(1892–1929)
19 April 192515 July 192587 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)

Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (19251936)

No.Chairman
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyRef
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee
1 Coat of arms of Kazakhstan (1927-1937).svg Zhalau Mynbayev
Жалау Мыңбаев
(1892–1929)
15 July 19253 April 19271 year, 262 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
2 Coat of arms of Kazakhstan (1927-1937).svg Eltai Yernazarov
Елтай Ерназаров
(1887–1945)
3 April 19279 January 19357 years, 281 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
3 Coat of arms of Kazakhstan (1927-1937).svg Uzakbai Kulymbetov
Ұзақбай Құлымбетов
(1891–1938)
9 January 19355 December 19361 year, 331 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (19361991)

First Secretary of the Communist Party

No.Chairman
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyRef
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Levon Mirzoyan.jpg Levon Mirzoyan
Левон Мирзоян
(1897–1939)
23 April 193723 May 19381 year, 30 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
Oversaw early famine relief and collectivization; arrested in 1938 during Great Purge and executed in February 1939.
2 Nikolai Aleksandrovich Skvortsov.jpg Nikolay Skvortsov
Николай Скворцов
(1899–1974)
23 May 193823 July 19457 years, 61 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
Guided the republic through wartime mobilization relocating factories during World War II and post‑war reconstruction.
3 Emblem of the Kazakh SSR (1937-1978).svg Gennady Borkov
Геннадий Борков
(1905–1983)
23 July 194522 June 1946334 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
Served briefly in the immediate post‑war period during demobilization; little else is documented about his short tenure.
4 Emblem of the Kazakh SSR (1937-1978).svg Zhumabay Shayakhmetov
Жұмабай Шаяхметов
(1902–1966)
22 June 19466 February 19547 years, 229 days Communist
(Bolsheviks)
First ethnic Kazakh in the post; removed in February 1954 under Khrushchev's reorganizations amid allegations of corruption.
5 Anefo 910-7476 Ponomanrenko, (cropped).jpg Panteleimon Ponomarenko
Пантелеймон Пономаренко
(1902–1984)
6 February 19547 May 19551 year, 90 days Communist
Transferred from Byelorussian SSR as a transitional figure after Stalin's death; served just over a year before being reassigned.
6 Leonid Brezhnev Portrait (2).jpg Leonid Brezhnev
Леонид Брежнев
(1906–1982)
8 May 19556 March 1956303 days Communist
Promoted from Second Secretary to lead Virgin Lands campaign and Baikonur development; recalled to Moscow in March 1956 after disappointing harvests.
7 Emblem of the Kazakh SSR (1937-1978).svg Ivan Yakovlev
Иван Яковлев
(1910–1999)
6 March 195626 December 19571 year, 295 days Communist
Elevated from Second to First Secretary during the Khrushchev Thaw; oversaw de‑Stalinization measures and defense‑industry conversion.
8 Emblem of the Kazakh SSR (1937-1978).svg Nikolai Belyaev
Николай Беляев
(1903–1966)
26 December 195719 January 19602 years, 24 days Communist
Noted for advancing agricultural and economic policies; dismissed in January 1960 due to a downturn in agricultural output and the harsh suppression of the 1959 Temirtau riots.
9 Dinmuhkamed Konayev.png Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Дінмұхамед Қонаев
(1912–1993)
19 January 196026 December 19622 years, 341 days Communist
10 Emblem of the Kazakh SSR (1937-1978).svg Ismail Yusupov
Ысмайыл Юсупов
(1914–2005)
26 December 19627 December 19641 year, 347 days Communist
Succeeded Kunaev amid Khrushchev's regional reshuffling; initiated the transfer of several South Kazakhstan regions to the Uzbek SSR and was later dismissed at Brezhnev's suggestion.
11 Dinmuhkamed Konayev.png Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Дінмұхамед Қонаев
(1912–1993)
7 December 196416 December 198622 years, 9 days Communist
After a brief hiatus (replaced in 1962), he returned to lead for over 22 years overseeing massive industrialization and former Virgin Lands efforts and was removed in December 1986 by Gorbachev, causing the Jeltoqsan protests.
12 Emblem of Kazakh SSR.svg Gennady Kolbin
Геннадий Колбин
(1927–1998)
16 December 198622 June 19892 years, 188 days Communist
Appointed by Gorbachev as an outsider with no prior work in Kazakhstan; his imposition sparked the Jeltoqsan protests.
13 Nazarbayev Inauguration 1991 (cropped).jpg Nursultan Nazarbayev
Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев
(1940–)
22 June 198928 August 19912 years, 67 days Communist
Last First Secretary; oversaw the exclusion of Article 6 (ending one‑party monopoly) on 24 October 1990 and the transition to the Presidency in April 1990 before office was abolished in September 1991.

Head of state

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee
1 Uzakbai Kulymbetov  [ kk ]
(1891–1938)
5 December 193622 June 1937199 days QKP
Ismail Salvafeka
(?–?)
Acting
June 1937July 1937~1 month QKP
2 Alibey Dzhangildin
(1884–1953)
July 193728 October 1937~3 months QKP
3 Umurzakov N.jpg Nurbapa Umirzakov
(1907–1947)
28 October 193715 July 1938260 days QKP
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
4 Salken Daulenov  [ kk ]
(1907–1984)
15 July 193817 July 19382 days QKP
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
5 Abdisamet Kazakhpayev  [ kk ]
(1898–1959)
17 July 1938January 1947~6 months QKP
Ivan Lukyanets  [ ru ]
(1902–1994)
Acting
January 194720 March 1947~2 months QKP
6 Daniyal Kerimbayev  [ kk ]
(1909–1982)
20 March 194723 January 19546 years, 309 days QKP
7Nurtas Undasynov
(1904–1989)
23 January 195419 April 19551 year, 86 days QKP
8Zhumabek Tashenov
(1915–1986)
19 April 195520 January 19604 years, 276 days QKP
9Fazyl Karibzhanov
(1912–1960)
20 January 196025 August 1960218 days QKP
Kapitalina Krykova
(1914–2002)
Acting
25 August 19603 January 1961131 days QKP
10Isagali Sharipov
(1906–1976)
3 January 19615 April 19654 years, 92 days QKP
11Sabir Niyazbekov
(1912–1989)
5 April 196520 December 197813 years, 259 days QKP
12Isatay Abdukarimov
(1924–2001)
20 December 197814 December 1979359 days QKP
13Sattar Imashev
(1926–1984)
14 December 197922 February 19844 years, 70 days QKP
14Andrey Plotnikov
(1912–1991)
22 February 198422 March 198429 days QKP
15 Bayken Ashimov
(1917–2010)
22 March 198427 September 19851 year, 189 days QKP
16Salamat Mukashev
(1927–2004)
27 September 19859 February 19882 years, 135 days QKP
17Zakash Kamalidenov
(1939–2017)
9 February 1988December 1988~10 months QKP
18Vera Sidorova
(1934–2025)
December 198810 March 1989~3 months QKP
19 Makhtay Sagdiyev  [ kk ]
(1929–2012)
10 March 198922 February 1990349 days QKP
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
20 Nazarbayev Inauguration 1991 (cropped).jpg Nursultan Nazarbayev
(born 1940)
22 February 199024 April 199061 days QKP

Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990–present)

Political parties

   QKP
   Otan → Nur Otan
   Amanat
   Independent
Symbols

C Constitutional referendum

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectedTerm of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
20 Nazarbayev, October 2015.jpg Nursultan Nazarbayev
(born 1940)
1990 24 April 199020 March 201928 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 President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana 01 (cropped)(b).jpg Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
(born 1953)
20 March 201912 June 201984 days Nur Otan
(until March 2022 renamed to Amanat)
2019 12 June 2019Incumbent5 years, 332 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.

Timeline

Kassym-Jomart TokayevNursultan NazarbayevGennady KolbinIsmail YusupovDinmukhamed KunaevNikolay BeyaevIvan YakovlevLeonid BrezhnevPanteleimon PonomarenkoZhumabay ShayakhmetovGennady BorkovNikolay Skvortsov (politician)Levon MirzoyanList of leaders of Kazakhstan#Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936)List of leaders of Kazakhstan#Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936)List of leaders of Kazakhstan#Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925)List of leaders of Kazakhstan#Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925)List of leaders of Kazakhstan#Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925)Viktor Radus ZenkovichList of leaders of Kazakhstan#Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925)Stanisław PestkowskiAlikhan BukeikhanovList of leaders of Kazakhstan

See also

References

  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.
  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.
  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.