The President of Kazakhstan is the head of state elected by popular vote to serve a five-year-term.[1] The president appoints the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (head of government) and first deputy prime minister.[2] [3]
See also: List of Kazakh khans.
| Portrait | Name(Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee | |||||||
| 1 | Stanisław Pestkowski (1882–1937) | 30 April 1919 | August 1920 | >1 year | CPSU | ||
| — | Sakypkerei Argynshayev (1887–1938) Acting | August 1920 | 26 August 1920 | <1 month | CPSU | ||
| 2 | Viktor Radus Zenkovich (1878–1967) | 26 August 1920 | October 1920 | ~2 months | CPSU | ||
| 3 | Abdrakhman Aytiyev (1886–1937) | October 1920 | October 1920 | <1 month | CPSU | ||
| Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | |||||||
| 4 | Seytgali Mendeshev (1887–1938) | 12 October 1920 | 19 April 1925 | ||||
| 5 | Jalau Mynbaev (1892–1929) | 19 April 1925 | 15 June 1925 | ||||
| Portrait | Name(Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | |||||||
| 1 | Jalau Mynbaev (1892–1929) | 15 June 1925 | 1927 | ~2 years | CPSU | ||
| 2 | Eltay Ernazarov (1887–1945) | 1927 | 1933 | ~6 years | CPSU | ||
| 3 | Uzakbay Kulumbetov (1891–1938) | 11 October 1933 | 5 December 1936 | CPSU | |||
| Picture | Name | Term of office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| 1 | Levon Mirzoyan (1897–1939) | 5 December 1936 | 15 May 1938 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 2 | Nikolay Skvortsov (1899–1974) | 15 May 1938 | 13 July 1945 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 3 | Gennady Borkov (1905–1983) | 13 July 1945 | 22 July 1946 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 4 | Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (1902–1966) | 22 July 1946 | 6 February 1954 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 5 | Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902–1984) | 6 February 1954 | 7 May 1955 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 6 | Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) | 7 May 1955 | 6 March 1956 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 7 | Ivan Yakovlev (1910–1999) | 6 March 1956 | 26 December 1957 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 8 | Nikolay Belyaev (1903–1966) | 26 December 1957 | 19 January 1960 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 9 | Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993) | 19 January 1960 | 26 December 1962 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 10 | Ismail Yusupov (1914–2005) | 26 December 1962 | 7 December 1964 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 11 | Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912–1993) | 7 December 1964 | 16 December 1986 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 12 | Gennady Kolbin (1927–1998) | 16 December 1986 | 22 June 1989 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| 13 | Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) | 22 June 1989 | 7 September 1991 | QKP/CPSU | ||
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Chairman of the Central Executive Committee | |||||||
| 1 | (1891–1938) | 5 December 1936 | 22 June 1937 | QKP | |||
| — | Ismail Salvafeka | June 1937 | July 1937 | ~1 month | QKP | ||
| 2 | Alibey Dzhangildin (1884–1953) | July 1937 | 28 October 1937 | ~3 months | QKP | ||
| 3 | Nurbapa Umirzakov (1907–1947) | 28 October 1937 | 15 July 1938 | QKP | |||
| Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||
| 4 | (1907–1984) | 15 July 1938 | 17 July 1938 | QKP | |||
| Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||
| 5 | (1898–1959) | 17 July 1938 | January 1947 | ~6 months | QKP | ||
| — | January 1947 | 20 March 1947 | ~2 months | QKP | |||
| 6 | (1909–1982) | 20 March 1947 | 23 January 1954 | QKP | |||
| 7 | Nurtas Undasynov (1904–1989) | 23 January 1954 | 19 April 1955 | QKP | |||
| 8 | Zhumabek Tashenov (1915–1986) | 19 April 1955 | 20 January 1960 | QKP | |||
| 9 | Fazyl Karibzhanov (1912–1960) | 20 January 1960 | 25 August 1960 | QKP | |||
| — | Kapitalina Krykova | 25 August 1960 | 3 January 1961 | QKP | |||
| 10 | Isagali Sharipov (1906–1976) | 3 January 1961 | 5 April 1965 | QKP | |||
| 11 | Sabir Niyazbekov (1912–1989) | 5 April 1965 | 20 December 1978 | QKP | |||
| 12 | Isatay Abdukarimov (1924–2001) | 20 December 1978 | 14 December 1979 | QKP | |||
| 13 | Sattar Imashev (1926–1984) | 14 December 1979 | 22 February 1984 | QKP | |||
| 14 | Andrey Plotnikov (1912–1991) | 22 February 1984 | 22 March 1984 | QKP | |||
| 15 | Bayken Ashimov (1917–2010) | 22 March 1984 | 27 September 1985 | QKP | |||
| 16 | Salamat Mukashev (1927–2004) | 27 September 1985 | 9 February 1988 | QKP | |||
| 17 | Zakash Kamalidenov (1939–2017) | 9 February 1988 | December 1988 | ~10 months | QKP | ||
| 18 | Vera Sidorova (born 1934) | December 1988 | 10 March 1989 | ~3 months | QKP | ||
| 19 | (1929–2012) | 10 March 1989 | 22 February 1990 | QKP | |||
| Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||
| 20 | Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) | 22 February 1990 | 24 April 1990 | QKP | |||
Political parties
Constitutional referendum
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 20 | Nursultan Nazarbayev | 1990 | 24 April 1990 | 20 March 2019 | QKP | ||
| 1991 1999 | Independent | ||||||
| 2005 2011 2015 | Otan Nur Otan | ||||||
| 21 | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | — | 20 March 2019 | 12 June 2019 | 84 days | Nur Otan | |
| 2019 | 12 June 2019 | Incumbent | Amanat | ||||
| 2022 | Independent | ||||||
Until 16 December 1991 the head of state was called President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.