President - Nursultan Nazarbayev

According to the Constitution, approved in 1995, Kazakhstan is a secular, democratic, legal and social state. It declared the principle of the State's unity with the presidential form of government. The President is the Head of State, the highest official.

Since April 1990 - The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
December 1, 1991 highlighted the first ever national election of the President of the Republic where N.A.Nazarbayev's candidacy was supported by a 98.7 % electorate.

In 1995, as a result of a referendum held on April 29, 1995 N.Nazarbayev's presidential term of office has been extended up to the year of 2000.
January 10, 1999 N.Nazarbayev was elected as the President of Kazakhstan, taken 79.78 percents of votes.

The message of the President of the country to the people of Kazakhstan, February 18, 2005

Address of the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Prime-Minister - Karim K. Massimov

Was born in 1965. Graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University, Law School of Wuhan University, and Kazakh State Academy of Management. Holds degrees in international law and economics. Doctor of Science in Economics. Speaks English, Chinese, and Arabic.
Started his professional carrier as Senior Economist at the Ministry of External Economic Ties of the Republic of Kazakhstan; served as Senior Specialist of the China-based representation office of the Kazakh Ministry of External Economic Ties in Urumqi; held position of the Managing Director of the Kazakh Trading House in Hong Kong. Went on to hold positions of the Chairman of the Board of Almaty Trade and Finance Bank and Chairman of the Board of the People’s Savings Bank of Kazakhstan. Was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications, Deputy Prime-Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From January 2006 served as Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From April 2006 Vice Prime Minister-Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning.

Since January 2007 - Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN – MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

KANAT BEKMURZAYEVICH SAUDABAYEV

Kanat Saudabayev was born in 1946 in the Almaty region. He graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Culture named after Nadezhda Krupskaia and the Academy of Social Sciences in Moscow.
Kanat Saudabayev started his career as a director at the Kazakh Academic Theater named after Mukhtar Auezov. Then Mister Saudabayev worked in the area of culture at different top positionsincluding posts of head of department of the Ministerial Council of the Kazakh SSR, Vice Minister of Culture, Chairman of the State Committee for cinematography, Chairman of the State Committee for Culture – Minister.

In 1991, Kanat Saudabayev transferred to diplomatic service and became the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kazakh SSR to the USSR.

In 1992, Kanat Saudabayev was first appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Turkey.

In 1994, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 1994-1996, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Turkey.

From 1996 to 1999, Kanat Saudabayev served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with concurrent accreditation to Norway, Sweden and Ireland.

In 1999-2000, he worked as Head of Prime Minister’s Chancellery – member of the Government.

From 2000 to 2007, Kanat Saudabayev served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States of America.

In May 2007, Kanat Saudabayev was appointed Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On 4 September 2009, Kanat Saudabayev was appointed Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

He has diplomatic rank - Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador.

Foreign languages - English, German and Turkish.

He holds the degree of candidate of philosophical sciences from the Kazakh State University (1981) and degree of doctor of political sciences from the Moscow State University.

Kanat Saudabayev was decorated with the Orders of Otan and Kurmet.

He is married, has three children and four grandchildren.

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