President of Kazakhstan

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті (Kazakh) Президент Республики Казахстан (Russian)
Presidential standard
Incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev since 20 March 2019
Style	Mr. President (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of state
Residence	Ak Orda Presidential Palace
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Seven years, non-renewable
Inaugural holder	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Formation	24 April 1990; 34 years ago (1990-04-24)
Salary	₸7,876,032.18[1][2]
Website	(in Kazakh) akorda.kz (in English) akorda.kz

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 president of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Prezidentı; Cyrillic: Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті; Russian: Президент Республики Казахстан, romanized: Prezident Respubliki Kazakhstan) is the head of state of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The president is the holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The powers of this position are described in a special section of the Constitution of Kazakhstan.

The position was established on 24 April 1990, a year before the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. The current president is Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who assumed office on 20 March 2019 following the resignation of the first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.^[3] None of the presidential elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western standards^[4] with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship.