President of Kazakhstan

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті
Presidential standard
Incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev since 20 March 2019
Residence	Ak Orda Presidential Palace
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	5 years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Formation	24 April 1990
Succession	Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan
Website	(in Kazakh) akorda.kz (in English) www.akorda.kz/en

The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the head of state, commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The presidency was created on 24 April 1990, a year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The first and, until March 2019, the only President of Kazakhstan was Nursultan Nazarbayev.^[1]

None of the presidential elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western countries or international observers^[2] with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship.

1. ↑ Kazakhstan President Archived 2013-07-31 at the Wayback Machine Embassy of Kazakhstan
2. ↑ Kazakhstan's long term president to run in snap election – again, The Guardian, 11 March 2015