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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]
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Deaths
December
- 31 December – Serikbolsyn Abdildin, economist and politician (b. 1937).[11]
References
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