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2019 in Kazakhstan

Events of 2019 in Kazakhstan.

Incumbents

President: Nursultan Nazarbayev (until March)<br>Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (since June)
Prime Minister: Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (until February)<br>Askar Mamin (since February)

Events

February

February 21 – President Nazarbayev fires the government and appoints Askar Mamin as the new prime minister.

March

March 19
March 20 – Nazarbayev resigns after 30 years in power.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn into office at a ceremony in the Parliament of Kazakhstan attended by outgoing President Nazarbayev.
The Parliament of Kazakhstan approves the renaming of the capital city from Astana to Nursultan.
March 24 – Kazakhstan loses 0–4 to Russia in a match of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I at Astana Arena.

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.

December

December 27 – At least 12 died and at least 60 injured in a plane crash near Almaty Airport.

Deaths

December

31 December Ã¢ÂÂ Serikbolsyn Abdildin, economist and politician (b. 1937).

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