2024 in Kazakhstan explained

Events in the year 2024 in Kazakhstan.

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
	Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan
	President of Kazakhstan
		Älihan Smaiylov (until 5 February)
		Roman Sklyar (until 6 February)
		Oljas Bektenov (since 6 February)

Events

• 5 April – More than 100,000 are displaced following floods caused by the spring thaw in northern and western parts of the country.^{[1] [2]}
• 14 May – The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife.^[3]
• 2 July – Exiled opposition activist Aydos Sadykov dies of injuries sustained after being shot in Kyiv, Ukraine on 18 June.^[4]
• 6 October – A majority of voters in a nationwide referendum allow the construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant in Ülken, near Lake Balkhash.^[5]

Holidays

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Eastern Orthodoxy Christmas
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 21–23 March – Nowruz
• 1 May – Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
• 7 May – Defender of the Fatherland Day
• 9 May – Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day
• 16 June – Qurban Ayt
• 6 July – Capital City Day
• 30 August – Constitution Day
• 25 October – Republic Day
• 16 December – Independence Day

External links

• Online calendar
• Kazakhstan Country Profile; CIA World Fact Book
• Kazakhstan; United Nations Statistics Division

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-04-10 . Tens of thousands evacuated in Russia, Kazakhstan amid worst floods in decades . 2024-04-10 . France 24 . en.
2. Web site: 2024-04-15 . Mass evacuations as floods in Russia's Kurgan region set to peak . 2024-04-15 . Al Jazeera . en.
3. Web site: Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder . 2024-05-14 . Al Jazeera . en.
4. News: Kazakh dissident dies following assassination attempt in Ukraine . 2 July 2024 . Al Jazeera . en.
5. News: 'Yes' vote prevails in Kazakhstan nuclear plant vote: TV . 7 October 2024 . France 24 . en.
6. Web site: Kazakhstan Public Holidays 2024. 8 December 2023 . Public Holidays Global.