2018 in Kazakhstan

Events in the year 2018 in Kazakhstan.

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See also:	Other events of 2018 Timeline of Kazakhstani history

Incumbents

• President: Nursultan Nazarbayev
• Prime Minister: Bakhytzhan Sagintayev

Events

January

• 18 January – A bus fire on the Samara–Shymkent road kills 52 passengers, with five people escaping.^[1][2][3]

February

• 9 – 25 February – Kazakhstan participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 46 competitors in 9 sports.

March

• 9 – 18 March – Kazakhstan participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
• 15 March – A summit of Central Asian leaders takes place in Astana.^[4]

October

• 11 October – The flight of the Soyuz MS-10 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station is aborted during launch following the failure of the booster rocket. The two-man crew lands safely near Jezkazgan.^[5]

Deaths

Denis Ten

• 17 February – Rakhymshan Otarbayev [kk], writer and playwright (b. 1956).^[6]

• 19 July – Denis Ten, figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1993).^[7]