List of leaders of Kazakhstan
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Leaders of the Kazakh Khanate (Khans) (1465–1874)
Leaders of Kazakhstan (1917–1990)
Alash Autonomy (1917–1920)
Kirghiz Krai (1919–1920)
Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925)
Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1936)
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)
First Secretary of the Communist Party
Head of state
Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1990–present)
The president of Kazakhstan holds the highest authority in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Established under the Constitution of Kazakhstan, the president is the head of state and as of 2022 is directly elected by the people for a nonrenewable term of seven years. The president appoints the prime minister of Kazakhstan (head of government) and first deputy prime minister. Alongside the prime minister, the president leads the executive branch of the Kazakh government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the Kazakh Armed Forces. Since the establishment of the office of the presidency on 24 April 1990, under the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan has had only two individuals serve as president. The current president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, assumed office on 20 March 2019, following the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country's founding president.
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Until 16 December 1991 the head of state was called President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
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