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The article discusses the resignation of Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev, and an election called by his successor, head of the Kazak senate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev scheduled for June 2019. According to the article, it remained unclear as to whether Tokayev would be running for the office.

The article reports that President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan announced on March 19, 2018 he was retiring as president. It states he ascended to power when Kazakhstan was still part of the Soviet Union and in 1991 presided over independence. It comments chairman of Kazakhstan's Senate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev was sworn in for the rest of his term and speculates he seeks to micromanage the nation's transition to a new leader. It reports elections are expected to be held by the end of 2020.

The article discusses democracy in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Their respective presidents, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Islam Karimov, will run for re-election in the spring of 2015 and neither's position is considered to be at risk. The author says both countries have a veneer of democracy with little substance to it. Both men are believed to have groomed family members to replace them one day.

The article reports on politics and government in Kazakhstan, in light of the 20th anniversary of the country's independence from the Soviet Russia on December 16, 2011. Under the administration of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country experienced economic growth through foreign investment and free-market programs. The outlook for the January 15, 2012 parliamentary elections is noted.

The article focuses on the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) report on the outcome of Kazakhstan's early parliamentary elections on March 20, 2016. Topics covered include the success of President Nursultan Nazarbaev's ruling Nur Otan party in retaining power, despite corruption allegations, concerns over violations of freedom of expression in Kazakhstan, and the county's repressive climate for basic rights.

The article reports that the opposition forces in Kazakhstan have united under a new banner, the United Social Democratic Party (OSDP), as they take on the Nur Otan Party of President Nursultan Nazarbaev to political contest just days before the parliamentary elections. Past efforts to create a viable opposition have been undermined by infighting and ineffective leadership within the parties. The OSDP is comprised of the majority of the old opposition club, Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, founded in 2001 before Nazarbaev moved to disband it.

The article focuses on the controversies concerning the snap elections in Kazakhstan and the country's contentious bid to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Kazakh Embassy to the U.S. sent letters to recipients encouraging them to apply to be observers on the OSCE election monitoring team. Others allege that it was an attempt to stack the OSCE with individuals sympathetic to Kazakhstan to ensure that the election receives a positive review.

The article looks at elections and economic conditions in Kazakhstan in 2005. There is little doubt that the authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbaev, who has been in office since before independence in 1991, will win re-election on December 4th for another seven-year term. Whether the elections will be free or fair is another matter. Most revolutions have their origins in poverty and people's despair over not being able to improve their lot. In Kazakhstan, poverty stands at 12%, according to the World Bank, which is high but much lower than a few years ago. Kazakhstan's oil-driven economy has been booming. High oil prices have obviously played a role, as have economic reforms and success in attracting foreign investment.

The article discusses whether Kazakhstan may go the way of Georgia and Ukraine. Recent events in Ukraine have been an inspiration for the opposition in Kazakhstan. Leaders of all three opposition parties rushed to Kiev, Ukraine's capital, during the demonstrations. All this seems to have unnerved the Kazakhstani authorities. President Nursultan Nazarbaev has already declared his intention to run for another seven-year term. International human-rights organisations have strongly condemned the government's decision to close the Democratic choice of Kazakhstan party. This is a country that has no real tradition of street protest. On top of this, Kazakhstan does not suffer from the ethnic divisions and poverty that conspired to make Georgia and Ukraine so volatile.

The article discusses politics in Kazakhstan as of September 2004. Although the official results are not yet known, Kazakhstan's presidential party Otan has already claimed an overwhelming victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections. Dariga Nazarbaeva, the president's daughter and founder of a party called Asar, had hoped to win 50% of the votes. Her stated goal was to shake up the team of bureaucrats that surround her father and who discredit his policies. Kazakhstan, an ex-Soviet republic of 15 million, has never had anything close to a free or fair election. Not surprisingly, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found, once again, that the September 19th elections to the 77-seat Mazhilis fell short of its standards. There is growing discontent and disillusion about the high level of corruption that surrounds the country's leadership.

This article reports how opposition leader Bulat Abilov has given the government a golden opportunity to marginalise him, dealing a considerable setback to his party, Ak Zhol. The moderate approach to reform adopted by Ak Zhol is thought to have become increasingly attractive to Kazakhstan's voters. Alikhan Baimenov, another Ak Zhol co-chairman, acknowledges that the party has been weakened, but puts a positive spin on the affair. Ak Zhol, founded by former government officials on a platform of political and economic reform, has been crusading against corruption.

This article ponders a new political era for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's authoritarian president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, has decreed that parliamentary elections will be held on September 19th. The outcome of the poll--and, just as importantly, how it will be conducted--will indicate whether the oil-rich Central-Asian state is now ready to extend reform beyond economics to the political sphere. Kazakhstan's politics have so far largely revolved around Mr Nazarbaev, his powerful family and a few rich businessmen. Aside from Asar, the party created last year by Mr Nazarbaev's daughter, Dariga, there are at least three other pro-presidential parties. A poll by the Association of Sociologists and Political Scientists cited Asar, Ak Zhol, and the pro-presidential party Otan as the clear front runners.

The ousting last November of Georgia's long-time president, Edward Shevardnadze, is much admired among the radical opposition in Kazakhstan. But Georgia's "rose revolution" is unlikely to be repeated in Kazakhstan. Democratic Choice was created in November 2001 by senior government officials and leading bankers disgruntled over the increasing power of the president's son-in-law, Rakhat Aliev. The standing of the people involved and the financial resources at their disposal quickly made the movement a force to be reckoned with. Two months later, the more moderate elements broke away to set up a political party, Ak Zhol. Democratic Choice soon experienced further problems, culminating in the sentencing of its two leaders to several years in jail. Having decided to become a political party, Democratic Choice hopes to participate in elections this autumn. But whether it will be allowed to register remains to be seen. Democratic Choice has already been overshadowed by the less confrontational Ak Zhol, which focuses on economic reforms and appeals to the growing middle class.

Reports on elections in Kazakhstan held recent to October 14, 1999, and on the holding of a second elections for the lower house of parliament. Results of the first round; Number of people observing the elections; Appointments made by Kazak president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Reports that Nursultan Nazarbaev was elected president of Kazakhstan on January 10, 1999. View of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe that the election fell short of international standards; Popularity of Nazarbaev; Economic difficulties facing Kazakhstan.

Comments on the January 1999 presidential election in Kazakhstan. Re-election sought by President Nursultan Nazarbaev; Challenge to Nazarbaev from former Prime Minister Akezhan Kazhegeldin; Campaigning of both candidates.

Focuses on Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. Expectation that he will win the national election in January 1999; The court decision that disqualified the challenger and former prime minister Akezhan Kazhegeldin; How the United States regards Nazarbayev as a pro-Western thinker; Effect of low oil prices on the country and political celebrations.