2021 In Kazakhstan
Incumbents Events Ongoing * COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan January * 1 January - the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union passes from Belarus to Kazakhstan. * 2 January - Death Penalty officially abolished after nearly a two decade recession. * 10 January - Kazakh legislative election * 15 January - Askar Mamin is reappointed as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Nurlan Nigmatulin is also reelected as the Chair of the Mazhilis. February * 10 February – Small protest against prosecution on Uyghurs in Mainland China which resulted to crackdown. * 25 February – Murat Nurtileu is named as the new Deputy Head of Presidential Administration. * 28 February – At least a dozen are arrested by the police demanding the release of all political prisoners who have been arrested and detained during the unrest in the legislative elections. March * 8 March – First Women's March held in Almaty. April * 17 April – Three crew ...
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Nursultan Nazarbayev (2015-09-02) (cropped)
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев; Nūrsūltan Äbışūly Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, from the country’s independence in 1991 until his formal resignation in 2019, and as the Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2022. He held the special title of Elbasy (meaning "Leader of the Nation", ) from 2010 to 2022. Nazarbayev was one of the longest-ruling non-royal leaders in the world, having led Kazakhstan for nearly three decades, excluding chairmanship in the Security Council after the end of his presidency. He has often been referred to as a dictator due to usurpation of power and autocratic rule. Nazarbayev began his political career in 1962, joining the Communist Party of the Soviet Union while working as a factory steel worker. He held prominent positions within the party and in 1984, he was appointed as ...
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