Nursultan Nazarbayev

**Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev** (; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician who served as the first President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019. Some opposition groups call him an "unofficial leader" and "dictator".

Nazarbayev has been the president since December 1991, when Kazakhstan became independent of the Soviet Union. He has been the country's leader since 1989. This is when he was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. In April 2011, Nazarbayev was re-elected to another five-year term.

In February 2014, he proposed renaming Kazakhstan to "Kazakh Eli". In 2006 he rewrote the words to "My Kazakhstan" which was then accepted as the country's national anthem. Shortly after his resignation as president the capital city was named after him in his honour.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: **Elbasy**
- **image**: Nursultan Nazarbayev (2020-03-10) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Nazarbayev in 2020
- **name**: Nursultan Nazarbayev
- **office**: 1st President of Kazakhstan
- **vicepresident**: Yerik Asanbayev (1991–96)
- **term start**: 24 April 1990
- **term end**: 20 March 2019
- **predecessor**: Office established
- **successor**: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- **office1**: Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan
- **term start1**: 16 December 1991
- **term end1**: 5 January 2022
- **predecessor1**: _Office established_
- **successor1**: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- **office2**: Chairman of Nur Otan
- **term start2**: 4 July 2007
- **term end2**: 23 November 2021
- **predecessor2**: Office established
- **successor2**: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- **office3**: Chairman of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, Assembly of People
- **term start3**: 1 March 1995
- **term end3**: 28 April 2021
- **predecessor3**: Office established
- **successor3**: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- **office4**: Honorary Chairman of the Organization of Turkic States
- **termstart4**: 25 April 2019
- **office5**: First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Soviet Union), QKP
- **term start5**: 22 June 1989
- **term end5**: 7 September 1991
- **predecessor5**: Gennady Kolbin
- **successor5**: Office abolished
- **office6**: List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR
- **premier6**: Uzakbay Karamanov
- **term start6**: 22 February 1990
- **term end6**: 24 April 1990
- **predecessor6**: Kilibay Medeubekov
- **successor6**: Erik Asanbayev
- **office7**: Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR
- **1blankname7**: Chairman
- **1namedata7**: Bayken Ashimov
Salamay Mukashev
Zakash Kamaledinov
Vera Sidorova
Makhtay Sagdiyev
- **term start7**: 22 March 1984
- **term end7**: 27 July 1989
- **predecessor7**: Bayken Ashimov
- **successor7**: Uzakbay Karamanov
- **birth name**: Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev
- **birth place**: Ushkonyr, Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

- **otherparty**: Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Soviet Union), Communist (1962–1991)
Independent politician, Independent (1991–1999)
- **party**: Nur Otan (1999–present)
- **children**: Dariga Nazarbayeva, Dariga
Dinara Nazarbayeva, Dinara
Aliya Nazarbayeva, Aliya
- **relatives**: Bolat Nazarbayev
- **signature**: Signature of Nursultan Nazarbayev.png
- **website**: [https://elbasy.kz/en elbasy.kz]
- **allegiance**:

- **branch**: Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- **serviceyears**: 1991–2019
- **rank**:
Supreme Commander