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Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council from 1991 to 2022.
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politics · President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019 · politician · also Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev, Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, Nūrsūltan Äbışūly Nazarbaev, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev
Born 6 July 1940 · Q57394
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2026· 2 entries
Published video “Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев Астана қаласындағы №228 сайлау учаскесіне барды”.
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2024· 2 entries
Published video “Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев елордадағы №256 сайлау учаскесіне барды”.
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Published video “Архивные кадры празднования Наурыз мейрамы”.
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2023· 8 entries
Published video “Полное выступление Нурсултана Назарбаева на седьмом заседании "Астана клуба"”.
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Published video “Бүгінгі аста сөйлеген сөзден үзінді”.
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Published video “Қазақстанның Тұңғыш Президенті інісі Болат Назарбаевты еске алып, құран бағыштап, ас берді”.
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Published video “Нурсултан Назарбаев: как СМИ могут помочь малому и среднему бизнесу”.
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Published video “Пресса должна защищать общественные интересы - Н.Назарбаев”.
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Published video “Документальный фильм "Наурыз. Ұлыстың ұлы күні", 1997 год”.
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Published video “Бейнемұрағат. Нұрсұлтан Назарбаевтың Ақмола облысының шаруаларымен кездесуі”.
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In January 2023, Nursultan Nazarbayev was hospitalized at the National Scientific Cardiac Surgery Center in Astana.
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2022· 1 entry
Won: Kazakhstan (September 2022).
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2021· 3 entries
In an October 2021 interview, Nazarbayev revealed that he had suffered a disease in his spine back in 2011, to which it became noticed while attending a concert, resulting him being carefully escorted out of the hall and eventually undergo a vertebra surgery to which Nazarbayev stated was amongst things that have influenced him in eventually resigning from presidency.
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Campaign: 2021 legislative election.
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Nazarbayev was interviewed by Oliver Stone in an eight-part hagiographic documentary titled Qazaq: History of the Golden Man
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2020· 2 entries
On 18 June 2020, it was reported that Nazarbayev had tested positive for COVID-19; a spokesman stated that Nazarbayev would go into isolation and work remotely.
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On 3 July 2020, Nazarbayev had recovered and was "back on his feet" three weeks after contracting the virus.
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2019· 5 entries
Won: Kazakhstan (2019).
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“Speech at the opening of the second Forum of International Cooperation”
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“Speech at the XII Astana Economic Forum”
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“Address to the people of Kazakhstan”
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2018· 1 entry
Following the public outrage over the murder of Denis Ten in downtown Almaty
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2015· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2015).
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Awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky (2015).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State (2015–2015).
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2014· 6 entries
Vladimir Putin's remarks regarding the historicity of Kazakhstan, in which he stated that Nazarbayev "created a state on a territory that never had a state
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“Speech At Moscow State University”
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In Kazakhstan:The law does not require police to inform detainees that they have the right to an attorney, and police did not do so
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Authorities closed newspapers, jailed or fined dozens of people after peaceful but unsanctioned protests, and fined or detained worshippers for practicing religion outside state controls
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A multibillion-dollar domestic modernization and reformation plan called Nurly Zhol – The Path to the Future
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Nazarbayev proposed that Kazakhstan should change its name to "Kazakh Eli" ("Country of the Kazakhs"), for the country to attract better and more foreign investment, since "Kazakhstan" by its name is associated with othe
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2013· 1 entry
Which he aligned with Kazakhstan's domestic Nurly Zhol infrastructure program beginning in 2014
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2012· 2 entries
However, in 2012, Nazarbayev proposed reforms, which were later enacted by the parliament, imposing stringent restrictions on religious practices.
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Nazarbayev proposed reforms, which were later enacted by the parliament, imposing stringent restrictions on religious practices
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2011· 2 entries
Toward US $10 billion by 2015, and Turkish investors played a growing role in Kazakh infrastructure and energy projects
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To which it became noticed while attending a concert, resulting him being carefully escorted out of the hall and eventually undergo a vertebra surgery to which Nazarbayev stated was amongst things that have influenced hi
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Liberty (2010).
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Order of Mugunghwa (2009).
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Former UK Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken released a biography of the Kazakh leader entitled Nazarbayev and the Making of Kazakhstan
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Linking gas fields in Turkmenistan through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan into western China
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Which expanded collaboration in energy, infrastructure, education, and defense
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2007· 1 entry
Nazarbayev expressed a religious solidarity with Iran, as he was quoted as saying, "Today I will pay a visit to Turkmenistan where we will agree on the construction of a railway through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Ira
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2006· 3 entries
Kazakhstan and China completed the first stage of the Kazakhstan–China oil pipeline, the first direct pipeline between China and a foreign country
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The Otan increased its ranks as all pro-presidential parties began merging into one
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State (2006–2007).
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2005· 1 entry
By a Supreme Court ruling, and benefited from a 2007 constitutional amendment solely exempting term limits for him, allowing undemocratic re-elections in 2011 and 2015
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2003· 1 entry
Allowed the leaders of all major religions to develop prospects for mutual cooperation
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2002· 1 entry
That Nazarbayev had in the mid-1990s secretly stashed away $1 billion of state oil revenue in Swiss bank accounts, the decapitated carcass of a dog was left outside the newspaper's offices, with a warning reading "There
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2001· 1 entry
Deepening regional cooperation with China on security and trade
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2000· 1 entry
Where he wrote that "today we are building a new state, a new market economy and a new democracy, and this—at the very time when many other independent states have already trodden that path similar enough
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1999· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chair of Amanat (1999–2022).
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Swiss banking officials discovered $85 million in an account apparently belonging to Nazarbayev; the money, intended for the Kazakh treasury, had in part been transferred through accounts linked to James Giffen
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (1998).
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“The shrinking of the Aral Sea, because of its scope, is one of the most serious ecological disasters being faced by our planet today. It is not an exaggeration to put it on the same level as the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.”
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1997).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (1997).
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1995· 1 entry
Ruling by decree, Nazarbayev extended his presidency through a referendum and adopted a new constitution that expanded his powers
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1994· 3 entries
1997, and 2002, finalizing their 1,700-kilometer boundary
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Nazarbayev suggested relocating the capital city from Almaty to Astana, and the official changeover of the capital happened on 10 December 1997
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Nazarbayev suggested the idea of creating a "Eurasian Union" during a speech at Moscow State University
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1992· 1 entry
And Nazarbayev paid official visits to Israel in 1995 and 2000
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1991· 3 entries
Career landmark: President of Kazakhstan (1991–2019).
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Formally established by bilateral agreement in October 1992
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Which aimed to facilitate political, economic, and security cooperation among post-Soviet states
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1990· 3 entries
The Supreme Soviet elected him as the president of Kazakhstan
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1990–1991).
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He gave his last name to his grandchildren: Aisultan Nazarbayev (1990–2020) and Nabi Nazarbayev (born 2008).
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (1989–1991).
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1986· 1 entry
And replaced by Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian, who despite his office, had little authority in Kazakhstan
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1984· 3 entries
And First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan in 1989
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR (1984–1989).
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At the age 43, Nazarbayev became the prime minister of Kazakhstan (Chairman of the Council of Ministers), the youngest-ever officeholder in the Soviet Union to serve the post, under Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretar
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1972· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1972).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1972).
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And four years later became Second Secretary of the Karaganda Regional Party Committee
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1957· 1 entry
Was sent to a boarding school named after Abai Qunanbaiuly in Kaskelen
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1948· 1 entry
Nazarbayev began attending school and being taught the Russian language; while living with his paternal uncle, as his parents had not owned dwelling in the place for a brief period
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1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-07-06.
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