How to Pronounce Nursultan Nazarbayev
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Jul 06, 1940 Chemolgan, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan 83 years old
first president of Kazakhstan
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About Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician currently serving as the Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan and previously served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in office from 24 April 1990 to his resignation on 19 March 2019.
- He is one of the longest-served non-royal leaders in the world and ruled Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019 for 29 years, nearly three decades.
- He was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR in 1989 and was elected as the nation's first president following its independence from the Soviet Union.
- He holds the title "Leader of the Nation".
- In April 2015, Nazarbayev was re-elected with almost 98% of the vote, as he ran virtually unopposed.Nazarbayev has been accused of human rights abuses by several human rights organisations and suppressed dissent and presided over an authoritarian regime.
- No election held in Kazakhstan since independence has been judged to be free or fair by the West.
- In 2010, he announced reforms to encourage a multi-party system.
- In January 2017, Nazarbayev proposed constitutional reforms that would delegate powers to the Parliament of Kazakhstan.
