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 crash near Almaty Airport.^[10]

Deaths

Serikbolsyn Abdildin

December

• 31 December – Serikbolsyn Abdildin, economist and politician (b. 1937).^[11]

References

1. "Kazakh Government Resigns After Nazarbaev Says They Must Go". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. February 21, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
2. ferganews.com, President of Kazakhstan.
3. "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.
4. "Церемония принесения присяги народу Казахстана Президентом Республики Казахстан — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
5. (in Russian) Новый глава Казахстана предложил переименовать Астану в Нурсултан
6. "Посещение матча отборочного цикла чемпионата Европы по футболу 2020 года — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Retrieved Mar 26, 2019.
7. "Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election on June 9". Al Jazeera. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
8. Kazakhstan: Election candidate dropped for poor Kazakh skills Archived 2019-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Eurasia Net, 2 May 2019
9. "Kazakhstan Elections". osce.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
10. 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.
11. "Белгілі қазақстандық оппозиционер Серікболсын Әбділдин қайтыс болды". kursiv.kz (in Kazakh). January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.