The following lists events that happened during

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

in Kazakhstan.

Incumbents

* President: Nursultan Nazarbayev * Prime Minister: Karim Massimov

Events

February

* February 2 – The parliament approved a bill giving the President the power to declare a snap presidential election. * February 4 – President Nursultan Nazarbayev calls an early election for April 3, rejecting a plan for a referendum intended to allow him to rule for another decade.

April

* April 3 – A presidential election takes place in the country, with incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev winning 95% of the vote. * April 8 – Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as President of Kazakhstan for another five-year term, in a vote criticized as flawed.

December

* December 16 - The

Zhanaozen massacre The Zhanaozen massacre took place in Kazakhstan's western Mangystau Region over the weekend of 16–17 December 2011. At least 14 protestors were killed by police in the oil town of Zhanaozen as they clashed with police on the country's Independe ...

took place in Kazakhstan's western Mangystau Region.

References

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