2019 in Kazakhstan
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Events of 2019 in Kazakhstan.
Incumbents
- President: Nursultan Nazarbayev (until March)
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (since June) - Prime Minister: Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (until February)
Askar Mamin (since February)
Events
February
- February 21 – President Nazarbayev fires the government and appoints Askar Mamin as the new Prime Minister.[1]
March
- March 19
- March 20 – Nazarbayev resigns after 30 years in power.[2]
- Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn into office at a ceremony in the Parliament of Kazakhstan attended by outgoing President Nazarbayev.[3][4]
- The Parliament of Kazakhstan approves the renaming of the capital city from Astana to Nursultan.[5]
- March 24 – Kazakhstan loses 0–4 to Russia in a match of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I at Astana Arena.[6]
June
- June 9 – Early presidential elections were held in the country with seven registered candidates, including incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Tokayev was subsequently re-elected with 71% of the vote.[7][8][9]
December
- December 27 – At least 12 died and at least 60 injured in a plane crush near Almaty Airport.[10]
Deaths
December
- 31 December – Serikbolsyn Abdildin, economist and politician (b. 1937).[11]
References
- ^ "Kazakh Government Resigns After Nazarbaev Says They Must Go". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. February 21, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ ferganews.com, President of Kazakhstan.
- ^ "New Kazakhstan president sworn in, parliament renames capital in honor of Nazarbayev | Daily Sabah". New Kazakhstan president sworn in, parliament renames capital in honor of Nazarbayev. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Церемония принесения присяги народу Казахстана Президентом Республики Казахстан — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ (in Russian) Новый глава Казахстана предложил переименовать Астану в Нурсултан
- ^ "Посещение матча отборочного цикла чемпионата Европы по футболу 2020 года — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Retrieved Mar 26, 2019.
- ^ "Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election on June 9". Al Jazeera. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ Kazakhstan: Election candidate dropped for poor Kazakh skills Archived 2019-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Eurasia Net, 2 May 2019
- ^ "Kazakhstan Elections". osce.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ Rourke, Alison; Roth, Andrew (27 December 2019). "Kazakhstan plane crash: 12 killed as Bek Air flight crashes near Almaty airport". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Белгілі қазақстандық оппозиционер Серікболсын Әбділдин қайтыс болды". kursiv.kz (in Kazakh). January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
