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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 ...

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Chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

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Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

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Liberal democracy Liberal democracy is the combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government. It is characterized by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into diff ...

Anti-nuclear movement The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, nationa ...

, position = , european = , colours = , slogan = "The earth and its bowels belong to the people!" , seats1_title = , seats1 = , seats2_title = , seats2 = , website = , country = Kazakhstan The People's Congress of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан халқы конгресі) was a political party in

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 ...

. It was founded on 5 October 1991 and became registered on 31 December 1991. It was founded by Olzhas Suleimenov who led the party from 1991 to 1995. The QUK was founded and grew out of the anti-nuclear Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement. Due to the popularity of this movement, the party found many supporters. The party had an extensive regional network, in which 18 regions of Kazakhstan were represented, except for West Kazakhstan. In its economic policy, the QUK committed to creating legal conditions for the development of a modern socially oriented market economy, the main link of which is commodity production. The PARTY emphasized the need for a phased, gradual privatization of enterprises owned by the state as well as collective and public property. From the QUK party, 23 candidates were nominated for elections to the Mazhilis and 10 people from the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement. The party found its most success in the

1994 Kazakh legislative election Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 7 March 1994, alongside local elections. The People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity emerged as the largest party with 33 of the 177 seats, although 64 independents were also elected. Supporters of the P ...

, winning 9 seats.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p420 However, after a snap legislative election in

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

, the party lost 8 seats leaving it with just only one. In the

1999 Kazakh legislative election Legislative elections were held in Kazakhstan on 10 October 1999, with a second round on 24 October. The result was a victory for the new Otan party, which won 23 of the 77 seats. Voter turnout was 62.5%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof ...

, the QUK lost its only seat and never managed to regain any seats. On 25 December 2001, the QUK, along with the Democratic Party of Azamat, and the People's Republican Party was merged into a single political party which was the United Democratic Party. The party, however, never became registered nor had a big popularity. On January 31, 2023, the People's Congress of Kazakhstan Party passed its initial registration with the Ministry of Justice.

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{{Reflist Defunct political parties in Kazakhstan Political parties established in 1991