Events from the year 2016 in
Kazakhstan.
Incumbents
*
President:
Nursultan Nazarbayev
*
Prime minister:
Karim Massimov (until 8 September)
Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (from 9 September)
Events
March
*20 March –
Legislative elections
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
were held in the country in accordance with the date set by president
Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Nur Otan won the election with over 82% of the vote.
June
*5 – 10 June –
A series of shootings on civilian and military targets occurred in
Aktobe,
Kazakhstan, resulting in 7 deaths and 37 others injured. Eighteen attackers were killed and nine were arrested.
July
*18 July – Ruslan Kulikbayev, a 26-year-old
Salafi jihadist and ex-convict,
shot and killed 10 people, including 8 police officers and 2 civilians, at a police station in
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 ...
,
Kazakhstan before being apprehended in a chase and shootout with law enforcement.
August
*5 – 21 August –
Kazakhstan competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
with 104 competitors in 17 sports. The country won a total of 18 Olympic medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 10 bronze), its most successful outcome in Summer Olympic history.
September
*9 September –
Bakhytzhan Sagintayev took the office of prime minister.
Deaths
*10 September –
Pyotr Devyatkin, ice hockey player (b. 1977).
References
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