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Nursultan Nazarbayev

Personal data
Date of birth6 July 1940(age 75)
Place of birthShamalgan, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
NationalityKazakh
Political partyNur Otan (1999 � present)
Other partyCommunist Party (before 1991)
SpouseSara Nazarbayeva
ReligionSunni Islam
President of Kazakhstan
Assumed office24 April 1990
Prime ministerAkezhan Kazhegeldin
Nurlan Balgimbayev
Kasymzhomart Tokayev
Imangali Tasmagambetov
Daniyal Akhmetov
Karim Massimov
Preceded byPosition established
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR
In office22 June 1989 - 14 December 1991
Preceded byDinmukhamed Konayev
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR
In office22 February 1990 - 24 April 1990
Succeeded byErik Asanbayev
Preceded byKilibay Medeubekov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR
In office22 March 1984 - 27 July 1989
Succeeded byUzaqbay Qaramanov
Preceded byBayken Ashimov

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Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( -kknʊrsʊlˈtɑn æbəʃʊˈlɯ nɑzɑrˈbɑ.jɪf; -runur.suɫˈtan ɐˈbʲi.ʂɨ.vʲɪt͡ɕ nə.zɐrˈba.jɪf) (born 6 July 1940) has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union. In April 2011, President Nazarbayev was reelected to another five-year term receiving 95.54 percent of the vote with 89.9 percent of registered voters participating (up from 76.8 percent in the 2005 presidential election).


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