Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

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Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан Республикасының Премьер-Министрі (Kazakh) Премьер-Министр Республики Казахстан (Russian)
Emblem of the Government of Kazakhstan
Incumbent Oljas Bektenov since 6 February 2024
Prime Minister's Office
Style	Mr Prime Minister (informally) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of government
Member of	Security Council
Residence	Astana, Kazakhstan
Appointer	President of Kazakhstan in agree with Majilis Parliament
Term length	Five years, renewable
Precursor	Prime Minister of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Formation	16 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-16)
First holder	Sergey Tereshchenko
Deputy	First Deputy Prime Minister

Politics of Kazakhstan
CIS member state
Constitution Human rights President (list) Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Prime Minister Oljas Bektenov Security Council Chairman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Parliament Senate Chairman Mäulen Äşimbaev Mäjilis Chairman Erlan Qoşanov Political parties Recent elections Presidential 2015 2019 2022 Parliamentary 2016 2021 2023 Administrative divisions Regions (oblıstar) Districts (audandar) Foreign relations Visa policy
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The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (Kazakh Cyrillic: Қазақстан Республикасының Премьер-Министрі, Kazakh Latin: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Premier-Ministrı, Kazakh pronunciation: [qɑzɑqstɑn ɾʲespublɪjkasɯnɯŋ pɾʲemʲjeɾ mɪnɪstɾɘ]; Russian: Премьер-Министр Республики Казахстан, romanized: Premyer-Ministr Respubliki Kazakhstan) is the head of government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the holder of its second highest office, after the president of Kazakhstan. The prime minister heads the cabinet and advises the president in the every day execution of the functions of the Parliament of Kazakhstan.

During the Soviet period, the post was formerly known as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic prior to its independence in 1991.

The current incumbent prime minister is Oljas Bektenov, who replaced Roman Sklyar on 6 February 2024 after the government's resignation.