2016 in Kazakhstan
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Events from the year 2016 in Kazakhstan.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Prime minister: Karim Massimov (until 8 September) Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (from 9 September)
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- 20 March – Legislative 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.[1][2][3]
June
[edit]- 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.[4][5]
July
[edit]- 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, Kazakhstan before being apprehended in a chase and shootout with law enforcement.[6]
August
[edit]- 5 – 21 August – Kazakhstan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics 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.[7][8]
September
[edit]- 9 September – Bakhytzhan Sagintayev took the office of prime minister.[9]
Deaths
[edit]- 10 September – Pyotr Devyatkin, ice hockey player (b. 1977).[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nazarbaev Dissolves Kazakh Parliament, Sets Date For Early Elections". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Об установлении и опубликовании итогов внеочередных выборов депутатов Мажилиса Парламента Республики Казахстан шестого созыва, распределении депутатских мандатов по итогам голосования по партийным спискам". 2016-04-09. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ "Сообщение об итогах внеочередных выборов депутатов Мажилиса Парламента Республики Казахстан шестого созыва". 2016-08-22. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ "Kazakhstan: Gunmen attack gun shops and army unit in Aktobe". BBC News. 5 June 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Orazgaliyeva, Malika (9 June 2016). "Kazakh President Declares June 9 as National Day of Mourning". astanatimes.com. Astana Times. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ^ "Suspected Islamist militants kill at least five in Kazakhstan". Reuters. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-20 – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Number of Kazakhstan athletes going to Rio 2016 reduced to 104". Kazakh TV. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Kazakhstan Wins Record Number of Medals in Rio, Places 22nd in Medal Tally". www.astanatimes.com. The Astana Times. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Kazakhstan: le Premier ministre devient chef des services secrets - L'Orient-Le Jour". lorientlejour.com. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ "Бывший хоккеист Петр Девяткин погиб в Новосибирске". tass.ru (in Russian). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
