Kasachstan Profil Regierung

Hauptstadt	Name: Nur-Sultan geographische Koordinaten: 51 10 N, 71 25 E Zeitunterschied: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note 1: Kazakhstan has two time zones note 2: on 20 March 2019, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan in honor of its long-serving, recently retired president, Nursultan NAZARBAYEV; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992, and Astana in 1998
Unabhängigkeit	16 Dezember 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Nationalfeiertag	Unabhängigkeit, 16 Dezember (1991)
Konstitution	history: previous 1937, 1978 (preindependence), 1993; latest approved by referendum 30 August 1995, effective 5 September 1995 amendments: introduced by a referendum initiated by the president of the republic, on the recommendation of Parliament, or by the government; the president has the option of submitting draft amendments to Parliament or directly to a referendum; passage of amendments by Parliament requires four-fifths majority vote of both houses and the signature of the president; passage by referendum requires absolute majority vote by more than one half of the voters in at least two thirds of the oblasts, major cities, and the capital, followed by the signature of the president; amended several times, last in 2019 (2019)
Wahlrecht	18 Jahre; universal
Exekutive	Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Kassym-Jomart TOKAYEV (seit dem 20 March 2019); note - Nursultan NAZARBAYEV, who was president seit dem 24 April 1990 (and in power seit dem 22 June 1989 under the Soviet period), resigned on 20 March 2019; NAZARBAYEV retained the title and powers of "First Staatspräsident"; TOKAYEV completed NAZARBAYEV's term, which was shortened due to the early election of 9 June 2019, and then continued as president following his election victory Regierungschef: Prime Minister Askar MAMIN (seit dem 25 February 2019); First Deputy Prime Minister Alikhan SMAILOV (seit dem 25 February 2019); Deputy Prime Ministers Zhenis KASSYMBEK and Gulshara ABDYKALIKOVA (seit dem 25 February 2019) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term); election last held on 9 June 2019 (next to be held in 2024); prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president, approved by the Mazhilis election results: Kassym-Jomart TOKAYEV elected president; percent of vote - Kassym-Jomart TOKAYEV (Nur Otan) 71%, Amirzhan KOSANOV (Ult Tagdyry) 16.2%, Daniya YESPAYEVA (Ak Zhol) 5.1%, other 7.7%

Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019