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The politics of Kazakhstan takes place in the framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Kazakhstan is head of state and nominates the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament.
5 April – More than 100,000 are displaced following floods caused by the spring thaw in northern and western parts of the country. [1] [2] 14 May – The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife. [3]
The 2022 Kazakh unrest, [a] also known as January Events, [b] [15] [16] [17] Bloody January, [c] [18] [19] or the January Tragedy, [d] [20] [21] was a series of mass protests and civil unrest that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in liquefied petroleum gas prices following the lifting of a government-enforced price cap on 1 January.
Protesters and police officers have died amid violent clashes across the Central Asian country
The Kazakh democracy movement is a series of political movements in Kazakhstan that are supported by opposition groups and civil activists which are seeking for reforms in Kazakhstan's current political system, formed from 1991 after the country gained its independence from the Soviet Union and became a sovereign state by advocating for a ...
14 January - 2023 Kazakh Senate election [1] 15 February - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signs a law annulling many privileges of his predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev, including lifetime financial support from the state, the right to address the nation and propose ideas to officials, and deprives his immediate family of legal immunity.
The unregistered Democratic Party of Kazakhstan in a statement expressed its opposition to snap elections which it described as being "unconstitutional" and instead called for the presidential election to be held after political reforms have taken place as well as political prisoners in Kazakhstan being released. [335]
In April 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan using Russian technologies, [24] sparking renewed discussions about nuclear energy development. [25] [26] This proposal faced scrutiny among Kazakh society, becoming a widescale issue during the 2018–2020 Kazakh protests. [27]