List of leaders of Kazakhstan

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Nursultan Nazarbayev since 24 April 1990
Residence	Ak Orda Presidential Palace
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	5 years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Formation	24 April 1990
Succession	Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Website	(in Kazakh) akorda.kz (in English) www.akorda.kz/en

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Leaders of Kazakhs (Khans)

Leaders of Kazakhs (1917–1990)

Alash Autonomy (1917–1920)

• Alikhan Bukeikhanov (13 December 1917 – 5 March 1920)

Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925)

Secretaries of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the Communist Party

• Stanislav Pestkovsky (30 April 1919 – August 1920)
• Ivan Akulov (August 1920 – January 1921)
• Mukhamedkhafiy Murzagaliyev (January–July 1921)
• Mariya Kostelovskaya (July 1921 – 1921)
• Georgy Korostelyev (1921 – September 1924)
• Viktor Naneyshvili (1924 – 19 February 1925)
• Aristid Shllaku (1925 – 20 February 1930)

Chairmen of the Revolutionary Committee

• Stanislav Pestkovsky (10 July 1919 – 1920)
• Sakhiygirey Radus-Zenkovich (August 1920 – October 1920)
• Abdrakhman Aytiyev (October 1920)

Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee

• Seytgali Mendeshev (12 October 1920 – 19 February 1925)

Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936)

Secretaries of the Kazakh Regional Committee ("Kazkraykom") of the Communist Party

• Viktor Naneyshvili (19 February 1925 – June 1925)
• Filipp Goloshchekin (12 September 1925 – February 1933)
• Levon Mirzoyan (February 1933 – 5 December 1936)

Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee

• Seytgali Mendeshev (19 February 1925 – 19 April 1925)
• Zhalau Mynbayev (19 April 1925 – 1927)
• Eltay Ernazarov (1927–1933)
• Uzakbay Kulumbetov (11 October 1933 – 5 December 1936)

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)

Secretaries General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakh SSR

• Levon Mirzoyan (5 December 1936 – 3 May 1938)
• Nikolay Skvortsov (3 May 1938 – 14 September 1945)
• Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (14 September 1946 – 6 March 1954)
• Panteleimon Ponomarenko (6 March 1954 – 7 May 1955)
• Leonid Brezhnev (7 May 1955 – 6 March 1956)
• Ivan Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (6 March 1956 – 26 December 1957)
• Nikolay Belyayev (26 December 1957 – 19 January 1960)
• Dinmukhamed Konayev (19 January 1960 – 26 December 1962) (1st time)
• Ismail Yusupov (26 December 1962 – 7 December 1964)
• Dinmukhamed Konayev (7 December 1964 – 16 December 1986) (2nd time)
• Gennady Kolbin (16 December 1986 – 22 June 1989)
• Nursultan Nazarbayev (22 June 1989 – 14 December 1991)

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee

• Uzakbay Kulubetov (5 December 1936 – 22 June 1937)
• Ismail Salvafeka (acting) (June 1937 – July 1937)
• Alibey Dzhangildin (July 1937 – 28 October 1937)
• Nabapa Umirzakov (28 October 1937 – 15 July 1938)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

• Satken Daulenov (15 July, – 17 July 1938)

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

• Abdisamet Kazakhpayev (17 July 1938 – January 1947)
• I. Lukyanets (acting) (January 1947 – 20 March 1947)
• Daniyal Kerimbayev (20 March 1947 – 23 January 1954)
• Nurtas Undasynov (23 January 1954 – 19 April 1955)
• Zhumabek Tashenov (19 April 1955 – 20 January 1960)
• Fazyl Karibzhanov (20 January 1960 – 25 August 1960)
• Kapitalina Krykova (acting) (25 August 1960 – 3 January 1961)
• Isagali Sharipov (3 January 1961 – 5 April 1965)
• Sabir Niyazbekov (5 April 1965 – 20 December 1978)
• Isatay Abdukarimov (20 December 1978 – 14 December 1979)
• Sattar Ishamov (14 December 1979 – 22 February 1984)
• Andrey Plotnikov (22 February 1984 – 22 March 1984)
• Bayken Ashimov (22 March 1984 – 27 September 1985)
• Salamay Mukashev (27 September 1985 – 9 February 1988)
• Zakash Kamaledinov (9 February 1988 – December 1988)
• Vera Sidorova (December 1988 – 10 March 1989)
• Makhtay Sagdiyev (10 March 1989 – 22 February 1990)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet

• Nursultan Nazarbayev (22 February 1990 – 24 April 1990)

Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990–present)

• Until 16 December 1991 President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.

  Communist Party of Kazakhstan   Otan / Nur Otan   Independent

№		Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Elected	Term of office		Political party
	1	Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940–) Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев		—	24 April 1990	1 December 1991	Communist Party of Kazakhstan
				1991	1 December 1991	20 January 1999	Independent
				1999	20 January 1999	11 January 2006	Otan ↓ Nur Otan
				2005	11 January 2006	8 April 2011
				2011	8 April 2011	29 April 2015
2015	29 April 2015	Incumbent

See also

• Politics of Kazakhstan
• President of Kazakhstan
• Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
• Vice President of Kazakhstan

External links

• Kazakhstan President Official Site
• Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev Biography