2016 in Kazakhstan

Events from the year 2016 in Kazakhstan

Incumbents

• President: Nursultan Nazarbayev
• Prime Minister: Karim Massimov (until 8 September); Bakhytzhan Sagintayev

Events

• 20 March – Kazakhstani legislative election, 2016
• 5-10 June – the 2016 Aktobe shootings
• 18 July – 2016 shooting of Almaty police officers
• 5-21 August – Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 104 competitors in 17 sports. Kazakhstan achieved a total of 18 Olympic medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 10 bronze).
• 8 September – Bakhytzhan Sagintayev took over as prime minister

Deaths

• 10 September – Pyotr Devyatkin, ice hockey player (b. 1977).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>