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{{Infobox Military Award
|name=People's Hero of Kazakhstan
|image=[[File:Halyk kaharmany original 1270249959254.jpg|180px]]
|caption=Gold Star Medal of the award 
|awarded_by=the {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|type=Honorary title
|eligibility=Kazakh and foreign citizens
|for=  extraordinary service to the Republic of Kazakhstan, or civil or military exploits in its name
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|status=active 
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|established=December 21, 1993
|first_award=May 23, 1994
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|higher=[[Order of the Golden Eagle]]<ref name=egov>{{cite web|title=Awards and orders of the Republic of Kazakhstan|url=http://egov.kz/wps/portal/Content?contentPath=/egovcontent/bus_int_property/culture_/article/nagrada_rk&lang=en|publisher=Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>
|same=
|lower=[[Hero of Labour of Kazakhstan]]<ref name=egov/>
|related=[[Hero of the Russian Federation]]<br>[[Hero of Ukraine]]<br>[[Hero of Belarus]]
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'''Hero of Kazakhstan''' ([[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]: ''Халық қаһарманы'', [[Transliteration|trans.]] ''Khalyk Kaharmany'')  is the highest distinction conferred by the [[Republic of Kazakhstan]], along with the Order of the Golden Eagle. 

==Overview==
According to the Law on State Awards of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the honor would be bestowed on Kazakhs and foreigners who have performed extraordinary service to the Republic, or for exemplary military or civil exploits done in the name of its independence or freedom. Individuals who are granted the title also receive the Order of the Fatherland (''Otan''). People's Hero is the country's highest award, equaled only by the Order of the Golden Eagle.<ref>''[http://meatunion.kz/kz/2010-09-21-054711.html Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan no. 2676: On State Awards of the Republic of Kazakhstan]''. December 12, 1995.</ref> Those conferred with the title are awarded a gilded medal in the form of a seven-rayed star, with colorless [[Zirconium]] stones set between its rays.<ref>[http://pembepativeteriner.net/index/kazahstan/nagradikaz/nagradigoskazkazord004.html Award description page].</ref> Recipients are exempt from property tax and other obligations.<ref>''[http://www.kazakhstan.org.sg/uploads/fckeditor/file/Tax_Code_-_2009__eng_.pdf The Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Concerning Taxes and Other Obligatory Payments to the Budget].'' December 10, 2008. Pages 273, 370.</ref> 

The award was established by a decree of President [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] on 21 December 1993.<ref>''[http://www.atyrau-city.kz/index.php?get_page=history_book4&l=r Milestones of development of Kazakhstan - 1990-2000.]''</ref> On 23 May 1994, Defense Minister [[Sagadat Nurmagambetov]] received the title, becoming the first People's Hero of Kazakhstan.<ref>''[http://biografia.kz/famous/722 Sagadat Nurmagambetov]''. biografia.kz.</ref>

==Notable recipients==  
*[[Sagadat Nurmagambetov]] (awarded 1994).
*[[Toktar Aubakirov]] (1995)
*[[Talgat Musabayev]] (1995)
*[[Yuri Malenchenko]] (1995)
*[[Shafik Chokin]] (1996)
*[[Roza Baglanova]] (1996)
*[[Kayrat Ryskulbekov]] (1996)
*[[Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev]] (1999, posthumously)
*[[Mukhtar Altynbayev]] (2006)
*[[Baurzhan Momyshuly]] (posthumously)
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.medals.org.uk/kazakhstan/kazakhstan001.htm People's Hero of Kazakhstan]. medals.uk.

[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:National Heroes|Kazakhstan]]