Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician who served as the first President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019. Some opposition groups call him an "unofficial leader" and "dictator".

Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev
Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев
Nazarbayev in 2020
1st President of Kazakhstan
In office 24 April 1990 – 20 March 2019
Prime Minister	See list Uzakbay Karamanov Sergey Tereshchenko Akezhan Kazhegeldin Nurlan Balgimbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Imangali Tasmagambetov Daniyal Akhmetov Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov Karim Massimov Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Askar Mamin
Vice President	Yerik Asanbayev (1991–96)
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan
In office 16 December 1991 – 5 January 2022
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Chairman of Nur Otan
In office 4 July 2007 – 23 November 2021
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Chairman of the Assembly of People
In office 1 March 1995 – 28 April 2021
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Honorary Chairman of the Organization of Turkic States
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 April 2019
Soviet positions First Secretary of the Central Committee of the QKP In office 22 June 1989 – 7 September 1991 Preceded by Gennady Kolbin Succeeded by Office abolished Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR In office 22 February 1990 – 24 April 1990 Premier Uzakbay Karamanov Preceded by Kilibay Medeubekov Succeeded by Erik Asanbayev Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR In office 22 March 1984 – 27 July 1989 Chairman Bayken Ashimov Salamay Mukashev Zakash Kamaledinov Vera Sidorova Makhtay Sagdiyev Preceded by Bayken Ashimov Succeeded by Uzakbay Karamanov
Personal details
Born	Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev (1940-07-06) 6 July 1940 Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Ushkonyr, Kazakhstan)
Political party	Nur Otan (1999–present)
Other political affiliations	Communist (1962–1991) Independent (1991–1999)
Spouse(s)	Sara Konakayeva ​ (m. 1962)​
Children	Dariga Dinara Aliya
Relatives	Bolat Nazarbayev
Signature
Website	elbasy.kz
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union Kazakhstan
Branch/service	Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Years of service	1991–2019
Rank	Supreme Commander
Central institution membership 2021-2022: Member, Senate of Kazakhstan 2019-2022: Member, Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan 1995-2021: Chairman, Assembly of People of Kazakhstan 1989-1991: Member, 17th Secretariat of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan 1986–1990: Full member, 27th & 28th Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1979–1984: Member, 14th & 15 Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev has been the president since December 1991, when Kazakhstan became independent of the Soviet Union. He has been the country's leader since 1989. This is when he was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. In April 2011, Nazarbayev was re-elected to another five-year term.

In February 2014, he proposed renaming Kazakhstan to "Kazakh Eli". In 2006 he rewrote the words to "My Kazakhstan" which was then accepted as the country's national anthem. Shortly after his resignation as president the capital city was named after him in his honour.