Post: | First Lady |
Body: | Kazakhstan |
Insignia: | Flag of Kazakhstan.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Insigniacaption: | Flag of Kazakhstan |
Incumbent: | Vacant |
Incumbentsince: | 7 October 2020 |
Precursor: | Spouse of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR |
Termlength: | Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place) |
Residence: | Ak Orda Presidential Palace, Astana |
Abbreviation: | FLOK |
The First Lady of the Republic of Kazakhstan, also known as First Lady of Kazakhstan (kk|Қазақстанның бірінші ханымы|Qаzаqstаnnyñ bırınşı hаnymy,) is the unofficial de facto title usually attributed to the wife of the president of Kazakhstan. Because the incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is divorced, the position is currently vacant.[1] First and only person to hold the title was Sara Nazarbayeva, wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The first lady position is currently vacant, since the divorce of the current president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Nadezhda Tokayeva in 2020.
There have been no first gentlemen of Kazakhstan to date.
There is no official role or office of the first lady of Kazakhstan as she is not an elected position, but usually tend to participate in humanitarian and charitable work.
Until 2019, there has been just one first lady since the country's independence in 1991, Sara Nazarbayeva, wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
No. | Portrait | Name | Nationality | Education | Marriage | Period | Length of tenure | President of Kazakhstan | Marriage date | Portrait | Note | |
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1 | Sara Nazarbayeva (née Konakayeva) Born: 11 February 1942 | Kazakh | Karaganda Industrial University | 1962 | 16 December 1991 | 20 March 2019 | Nursultan Nazarbayev | 1962 | ||||
2 | Nadezhda Tokayeva (née Davydovna) Born: 27 September 1958 | Jewish Russian | Russian State University for the Humanities | early 1980s | 20 March 2019 | 7 October 2020 | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 1980; .div 2020 | ||||
– | Vacant | 2020 | Present |