Events of

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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

: Nursultan Nazarbayev (until March)

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev ( kk, Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasym-Jomart Kemelūly Toqaev ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the President of Kazakhstan since 12 J ...

(since June) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

: Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (until February)
Askar Mamin (since February)

Events

February

*February 21 – President Nazarbayev fires the government and appoints Askar Mamin as the new Prime Minister.

March

*March 19 *March 20 – Nazarbayev resigns after 30 years in power. **

is sworn into office at a ceremony in the Parliament of Kazakhstan attended by outgoing President Nazarbayev. **The Parliament of Kazakhstan approves the renaming of the capital city from Astana to

Nursultan Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

. * March 24 – Kazakhstan loses 0–4 to

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

in a match of

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I Group I of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group I consisted of six teams: Belgium, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, San Marino and Scotland, where they pl ...

Astana Arena The Astana Arena ( kk, Астана Арена) is a football stadium in Astana, Kazakhstan. The stadium holds 30,000 and has a retractable roof. It serves as the national stadium for the Kazakhstan national football team. Astana Arena is the lar ...

June

* June 9 – Early presidential elections were held in the country with seven registered candidates, including incumbent president

. Tokayev was subsequently re-elected with 71% of the vote.Kazakhstan: Election candidate dropped for poor Kazakh skills
Eurasia Net, 2 May 2019

December

* December 27 – At least 12 died and at least 60 injured in a plane crush near

Almaty Airport Almaty International Airport ( kk, Halyqaralyq Almaty Äuejaiy) is a major international airport northeast of Almaty, the largest city and commercial capital of Kazakhstan. It is the busiest airport in Kazakhstan, accounting for 6.42 million ...

Deaths

December

*31 December –

Serikbolsyn Abdildin Serikbolsyn Abdildauly Abdildin ( kk, Серікболсын Әбділдаұлы Әбділдин, ''Serikbolsyn Ábdildauly Ábdildın''; 25 November 1937 – 31 December 2019) was a Kazakh economist, politician, First Secretary of the Communis ...

, economist and politician (b. 1937).

References

{{Year in Europe, 2019 2010s in Kazakhstan Years of the 21st century in Kazakhstan