2019 in Kazakhstan explained

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 crush near Almaty Airport.^[10]

Deaths

December

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kazakh Government Resigns After Nazarbaev Says They Must Go. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. February 21, 2019. en-US. March 20, 2019.
2. http://enews.fergananews.com/articles/2025 ferganews.com
3. Web site: 2019-03-20. New Kazakhstan president sworn in, parliament renames capital in honor of Nazarbayev Daily Sabah. 2021-01-05. New Kazakhstan president sworn in, parliament renames capital in honor of Nazarbayev.
4. Web site: Церемония принесения присяги народу Казахстана Президентом Республики Казахстан — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан. Akorda.kz. 2019-05-08.
5. Новый глава Казахстана предложил переименовать Астану в Нурсултан
6. Web site: Посещение матча отборочного цикла чемпионата Европы по футболу 2020 года — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан. Akorda.kz. Mar 26, 2019.
7. Web site: 9 April 2019. Kazakhstan to hold early presidential election on June 9. 14 April 2019. Al Jazeera.
8. https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-election-candidate-dropped-for-poor-kazakh-skills Kazakhstan: Election candidate dropped for poor Kazakh skills
9. Web site: Kazakhstan Elections. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190617095511/https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/kazakhstan/422510?download=true . 2019-06-17 . 2020-09-16. osce.org.
10. Web site: Rourke . Alison . Roth . Andrew . Kazakhstan plane crash: 12 killed as Bek Air flight crashes near Almaty airport . The Guardian . 26 January 2021 . 27 December 2019.
11. Web site: Белгілі қазақстандық оппозиционер Серікболсын Әбділдин қайтыс болды . kursiv.kz . January 2020 . Kazakh . 1 January 2020.