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{{Infobox Political post
|post            = President of the Republic of Kazakhstan<br>Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті
|body            = 
|flag            = Standard of the President of Kazakhstan.svg
|flagsize        = 175px
|flagcaption     = Presidential Standard
|image           = Dialogue award nazarbaev.jpg
|imagesize       = 200px
|incumbent       = [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]
|incumbentsince  = 24 April 1990
|style           =
|residence       = [[Ak Orda Presidential Palace]]
|succession      = Chairman of the [[Senate of Kazakhstan]]
|appointer       = Direct popular vote
|termlength      = 5 years, renewable
|formation       = 24 April 1990
|inaugural       = [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]
|website         = {{kz icon}} [http://akorda.kz/ akorda.kz]<br/>{{en icon}} [http://www.akorda.kz/en/ www.akorda.kz/en]
}}
{{Politics of Kazakhstan}}

==Leaders of Kazakhs (Khans)==
{{also|List of Kazakh khans}}
==Leaders of Kazakhs (1917-1990)==
===[[Alash Autonomy]] (1917&ndash;1920)===
*[[Alikhan Bukeikhanov]] (13 December 1917 – 5 March 1920)

===[[Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–25)|Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic]] (1920&ndash;1925)===

====Secretaries of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the Communist Party====
*[[Stanislav Pestkovsky]] (30 April 1919 &ndash; August 1920)
*[[Ivan Akulov]] (August 1920 &ndash; January 1921)
*[[Mukhamedkhafiy Murzagaliyev]] (January&ndash;July 1921)
*[[Mariya Kostelovskaya]] (July 1921 &ndash; 1921)
*[[Georgy Korostelyev]] (1921 &ndash; September 1924)
*[[Viktor Naneyshvili]] (1924 &ndash; 19 February 1925)
*[[Aristid Shllaku]] (1925 &ndash; 20 February 1930)

====Chairmen of the Revolutionary Committee====
*[[Stanislav Pestkovsky]] (10 July 1919 &ndash; 1920)
*[[Sakhiygirey Radus-Zenkovich]] (August 1920 &ndash; October 1920)
*[[Abdrakhman Aytiyev]] (October 1920)

====Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee====
*[[Seytgali Mendeshev]] (12 October 1920 &ndash; 19 February 1925)

===[[Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic]] (1925&ndash;1936)===

====Secretaries of the Kazakh Regional Committee ("Kazkraykom") of the Communist Party====
*[[Viktor Naneyshvili]] (19 February 1925 &ndash; June 1925)
*[[Filipp Goloshchekin]] (12 September 1925 &ndash; February 1933)
*[[Levon Mirzoyan]] (February 1933 &ndash; 5 December 1936)

====Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee====
*[[Seytgali Mendeshev]] (19 February 1925 &ndash; 19 April 1925)
*[[Zhalau Mynbayev]] (19 April 1925 &ndash; 1927)
*[[Eltay Ernazarov]] (1927&ndash;1933)
*[[Uzakbay Kulumbetov]] (11 October 1933 &ndash; 5 December 1936)

===[[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (1936&ndash;1991)===

====Secretaries Generals of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakh SSR====
*[[Levon Mirzoyan]] (5 December 1936 &ndash; 3 May 1938)
*[[Nikolay Skvortsov (politician)|Nikolay Skvortsov]] (3 May 1938 &ndash; 14 September 1945)
*[[Zhumabay Shayakhmetov]] (14 September 1946 &ndash; 6 March 1954)
*[[Panteleimon Ponomarenko]] (6 March 1954 &ndash; 7 May 1955)
*[[Leonid Brezhnev]] (7 May 1955 &ndash; 6 March 1956)
*[[Ivan Dmitriyevich Yakovlev]] (6 March 1956 &ndash; 26 December 1957)
*[[Nikolay Belyayev]] (26 December 1957 &ndash; 19 January 1960)
*[[Dinmukhamed Konayev]] (19 January 1960 &ndash; 26 December 1962) (1st time)
*[[Ismail Yusupov]] (26 December 1962 &ndash; 7 December 1964)
*[[Dinmukhamed Konayev]] (7 December 1964 &ndash; 16 December 1986) (2nd time)
*[[Gennady Kolbin]] (16 December 1986 &ndash; 22 June 1989)
*[[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] (22 June 1989 &ndash; 14 December 1991)

====Chairman of the Central Executive Committee====
*[[Uzakbay Kulubetov]] (5 December 1936 &ndash; 22 June 1937)
*[[Ismail Salvafeka]] (acting) (June 1937 &ndash; July 1937)
*[[Alibey Dzhangildin]] (July 1937 &ndash; 28 October 1937)
*[[Nabapa Umirzakov]] (28 October 1937 &ndash; 15 July 1938)

====Chairman of the Supreme Soviet====
*[[Satken Daulenov]] (15 July, &ndash; 17 July 1938)

====Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet====
*[[Abdisamet Kazakhpayev]] (17 July 1938 &ndash; January 1947)
*[[I. Lukyanets]] (acting) (January 1947 &ndash; 20 March 1947)
*[[Daniyal Kerimbayev]] (20 March 1947 &ndash; 23 January 1954)
*[[Nurtas Undasynov]] (23 January 1954 &ndash; 19 April 1955)
*[[Zhumabek Tashenov]] (19 April 1955 &ndash; 20 January 1960)
*[[Fazyl Karibzhanov]] (20 January 1960 &ndash; 25 August 1960)
*[[Kapitalina Krykova]] (acting) (25 August 1960 &ndash; 3 January 1961)
*[[Isagali Sharipov]] (3 January 1961 &ndash; 5 April 1965)
*[[Sabir Niyazbekov]] (5 April 1965 &ndash; 20 December 1978)
*[[Isatay Abdukarimov]] (20 December 1978 &ndash; 14 December 1979)
*[[Sattar Ishamov]] (14 December 1979 &ndash; 22 February 1984)
*[[Andrey Plotnikov]] (22 February 1984 &ndash; 22 March 1984)
*[[Bayken Ashimov]] (22 March 1984 &ndash; 27 September 1985)
*[[Salamay Mukashev]] (27 September 1985 &ndash; 9 February 1988)
*[[Zakash Kamaledinov]] (9 February 1988 &ndash; December 1988)
*[[Vera Sidorova]] (December 1988 &ndash; 10 March 1989)
*[[Makhtay Sagdiyev]] (10 March 1989 &ndash; 22 February 1990)

====Chairman of the Supreme Soviet====
*[[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] (22 February 1990 &ndash; 24 April 1990)

==Presidents of the [[Republic of Kazakhstan]] (1990-present)==
* Until 16 December 1991 '''President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic'''.
{{legend2|{{Communist Party/meta/color}}|[[Communist Party of Kazakhstan]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#00FFFF|[[Fatherland (Kazakhstan)|Otan]] / [[Nur Otan]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=2| №
! Name<br><small>(Born-Died)</small>
! Portrait
! Elected
! colspan=2|Term of office
! Political party
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}};"|
! rowspan=6| 1
| rowspan=6| '''[[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]'''<br><small>(1940-)</small><br>Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев
| rowspan=6| [[File:Dialogue award nazarbaev.jpg|100px]]
| —
| 24 April 1990
| 1 December 1991
| [[Communist Party of Kazakhstan]]
|-
! style="background:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}};"|
| [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 1991|1991]]
| 1 December 1991
| 20 January 1999
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
! rowspan=4 style="background:#00FFFF;"|
| [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 1999|1999]]
| 20 January 1999
| 11 January 2006
| rowspan=4| [[Fatherland (Kazakhstan)|Otan]]<br>↓<br>[[Nur Otan]]
|-
| [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 2005|2005]]
| 11 January 2006
| 8 April 2011
|-
| [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 2011|2011]]
| 8 April 2011
| 29 April 2015 
|- 
|-
| [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 2015|2015]]
| 29 April 2015
| ''incumbent''
|- 
|}

==See also==
*[[Politics of Kazakhstan]]
*[[Prime Minister of Kazakhstan]]
*[[Vice President of Kazakhstan]]

==External links==
*[http://www.akorda.kz/www/www_akorda_kz.nsf/index?OpenForm&lang=en Kazakhstan President Official Site]
* [http://www.kazakhembus.com/index.php?page=kazakhstan-president Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev Biography]

{{Heads of state of Kazakhstan}}

[[Category:Lists of Kazakhstani people|Presidents]]
[[Category:Government of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani politicians|*]]