Security Council of Kazakhstan

Ak Orda Presidential Palace, which is the residence of the President of Kazakhstan, is also the meeting place of the Security Council

The Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Security Council RK, Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Қауіпсіздік Кеңесі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Qauıpsızdık Keñesı, ҚР Қауіпсіздік Кеңесі; Russian: Совет безопасности Республики Казахстан, Совет безопасности РК) is a constitutional advisory body of the Kazakh Government which aides and assists the President of Kazakhstan in implementation of military policy and law enforcement. The President, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, is one of many permanent members of the council, which includes the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff.

The current chairman is President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, following the January 5, 2022, dismissal of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev as chairman. The Secretary of the Security Council (currently Asset Issekeshev)[1] is the second highest position in the council.

List of Chairmen

No. Image Name
(Birth-Death) 		In office Election Party President Note
Start office End office Office time
1
Нурсултан Назарбаев (03-06-2021) (cropped).jpg
 Nursultan Nazarbayev
(born:1940) 		21 August 1991 5 January 2022 30 years, 137 days None QKP Himself
1991 Independent
1999
2005 Amanat
2011
2015
2019 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
2
Касым-Жомарт Токаев (28-09-2021) (cropped 3).jpg
 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
(born:1953) 		5 January 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 325 days None Amanat Himself
2022 Independent

History

The Security Council dates back to August 21, 1991, when it was founded as the Security Council of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, which was created by decree of then-President Nazarbayev. It would later be transformed into the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan in June 1993. The current mandate and regulations of the Security Council were approved by the government on 20 March 1999. The office of Secretary of the Security Council is the effective chief of the council who reports to the chairman. The position was introduced in June 1994 and has remained an important component of the Security Council. An amendment passed by parliament in May 2018 defines the decisions made by the council to be "mandatory and are subject to strict execution by state bodies, organisations and officials of the Republic of Kazakhstan."[2]

Mandate

The Security Council of Kazakhstan has the following mandates:

  • To ensure that the president has full control to exercise his/her national security powers.
  • To form and implementation a national security policy.
  • To recommend options prior to him/her making decisions on domestic and foreign policy issues related to national security.
  • To prepare the carrying out of international agreements that repeated to national security.[3]

Members

Permanent members of the Security Council include the following:

Other members include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Помощник Президента - Секретарь Совета Безопасности Республики Казахстан Касымов Калмуханбет Нурмуханбетович — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Archived from the original on 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ July 2018, Aigerim Seisembayeva in Nation on 13 (2018-07-13). "Kazakh President given right to head National Security Council for life". The Astana Times. Retrieved 2019-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Совет Безопасности — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Retrieved 23 March 2019.