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Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019 · Kazakhstan · On the map · Politicians · Born 1940 · age 86 · also Russia

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Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council from 1991 to 2022.

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2026Read more around Order of Liberty21 August 2026, See the moment2019“The systemic transformation of the current world is a strategic challenge for our people. We must be ready to accept them.”In their words"Speech at the international scientific and practical conference "30 years of leadership" (2019)

“Finally, it is important to move from an unproductive sanctions regime to direct dialogue between the leaders of the key global powers who are shaping the future of the world.”In their words"Speech at the XII Astana Economic Forum" (2019)

“In a short period of time, we were jointly able to build economic corridors that bypassed complex natural landscapes and geopolitical contradictions.”In their words"Speech at the opening of the second Forum of International Cooperation" (2019)

Friendship MedalAwardSupreme Order of Turkic WorldAward2017Collar of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAward2015Named Chairman of the Council of CIS Heads of StateOffice1 January to 31 December 2015Order of the Friendship of PeoplesAward2014“I have always been and remain a sincere supporter of the well-known formula - "Economy first, then politics".”In their words"Speech At Moscow State University" (2014)

2010Order of LibertyAward2009Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of FinlandAwardGrand Order of MugunghwaAward2006Named Chairman of the Council of CIS Heads of StateOffice20 May 2006 to 5 October 20072002Honorary Doctor of the Peking UniversityAwardOrder of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)Award1999Named Chair of AmanatOffice1 March 1999 to 28 January 20221998Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-CalledAward1997Gold Olympic OrderAwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1994“All of northern and northeastern Kazakhstan is actually part of southern Siberia.”In their wordsMay 1994Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Interview With Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on the New Russia and Ukraine (May 1994), by Paul Klebnikov, in the (9 May

1991Named President of KazakhstanOffice16 December 1991 to 20 March 20191990Named Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central CommitteeOffice14 July 1990 to 28 August 1991Named Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSROffice22 February to 24 April 19901989Named First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of KazakhstanOffice22 June 1989 to 28 August 19911984Named Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSROffice22 March 1984 to 27 July 19891972Order of the Badge of HonourAward1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"Award1940Born6 July 1940

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Friendship Medal2019
Supreme Order of Turkic World2019
Heydar Aliyev Order2017
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic2017
Order of Alexander Nevsky2015
Order of the Friendship of Peoples2015
Order of Liberty2010
Grand Order of Mugunghwa2009
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland2009
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross, Ivan Gašparovič2007
Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)2002
Honorary Doctor of the Peking University2002
Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called1998
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1997
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class1997
Gold Olympic Order1997
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1972
Order of the Badge of Honour1972
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"1970
Hero of the Kazakhstan
Order of Fatherland
Order of the Golden Eagle
Medal "10 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
Medal commemorating 10 years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Medal for 100 years of Kazakhstan Railways
Medal Commemorating 50 Years of the Virgin Lands
Astana Medal
Medal "10 years of Astana"
Medal "for 20 Years of Kazakhstan's independence"
Medal "20 Years of the Military Forces of Kazakhstan"
Medal for the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of Kazakhstan
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
Order of Akhmad Kadyrov
Order of Outstanding Merit
Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Order of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy 1st Class

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Kazakhstan
Category
Politicians
Topics
Politicians, Politics
Type
Politician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1940 · age 86

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Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaAround the same time: Order of LibertyAlexander StubbAround the same time: Order of LibertyFrançois HollandeAround the same time: Order of LibertyStephen HarperAround the same time: Order of LibertyCarl XVI Gustaf of SwedenAround the same time: Order of LibertyBibigul TulegenovaBoth received Medal for 100 years of Kazakhstan Railways