Nazarbaev
| Nursultan Nazarbayev | |
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| Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев Nursultan Ábishuly Nazarbaev |
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| 1st President of Kazakhstan | |
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Assumed office 16 December 1991 |
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| Prime Minister |
Sergey Tereshchenko Akezhan Kazhegeldin Nurlan Balgimbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Imangali Tasmagambetov Daniyal Akhmetov Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov Karim Massimov Bakhytzhan Sagintayev |
| Vice President | Yerik Asanbayev (1991–96) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Chairman of Nur Otan | |
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Assumed office 4 July 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic | |
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In office 22 February 1990 – 24 April 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Uzakbay Karamanov |
| Preceded by | Kilibay Medeubekov |
| Succeeded by | Yerik Asanbayev |
| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic | |
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In office 22 June 1989 – 14 December 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Gennady Kolbin |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Prime Minister of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic | |
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In office 22 March 1984 – 27 July 1989 |
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Chairman of the Supreme Soviet |
Bayken Ashimov Salamay Mukashev Zakash Kamaledinov Vera Sidorova Makhtay Sagdiyev |
| Preceded by | Bayken Ashimov |
| Succeeded by | Uzakbay Karamanov |
| Full member of the 28th Politburo | |
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In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991 |
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| Personal details | |
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Nursultan Ábishuly Nazarbayev 6 July 1940 Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Ushkonyr, Kazakhstan) |
| Political party | Nur Otan (1999–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist (1962–1991) Independent (1991–1999) |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Alpysqyzy Nazarbayeva (m. 1962) |
| Children |
Dariga Dinara Aliya |
| Parents | Abish Nazarbayev Alzhan Nazarbayeva |
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Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh statesman serving as President of Kazakhstan since the office was created on April 24, 1990. He was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR in 1989, and was elected as the nation's first president following its independence from the Soviet Union. He holds the title "Leader of the Nation". In April 2015, Nazarbayev was re-elected with almost 98% of the vote.
Nazarbayev has been accused of human rights abuses by several human rights organisations and, according to The Guardian, has suppressed dissent and presided over an authoritarian regime. No election held in Kazakhstan since independence has been judged to be free or fair by the West. In 2010, he announced reforms to encourage a multi-party system. In January 2017, President Nazarbayev proposed constitutional reforms that would delegate powers to the Parliament of Kazakhstan.
Nazarbayev was born in Chemolgan, a rural town near Almaty, when Kazakhstan was one of the republics of the Soviet Union. His father was a poor labourer who worked for a wealthy local family until Soviet rule confiscated the family's farmland in the 1930s during Joseph Stalin's collectivization policy. Following this, his father took the family to the mountains to live out a nomadic existence.
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