What is President of Kazakhstan?
{{Infobox Political post |post = President of the Republic of Kazakhstan<br>Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті |body = |flag = Flag of the President of Kazakhstan.svg |flagsize = 175px |flagcaption = Presidential standard |image = Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (2019-04-03) 04.jpg |imagesize = 200px |incumbent = [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] |incumbentsince = 20 March 2019 |style = |residence = [[Ak Orda Presidential Palace]] |succession = Chairman of the [[Senate of Kazakhstan]] |appointer = Direct popular vote |termlength = 5 years, renewable |formation = 24 April 1990 |inaugural = [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] |website = {{in lang|kk}} [http://akorda.kz/ akorda.kz]<br/>{{in lang|en}} [http://www.akorda.kz/en/ www.akorda.kz/en] }} The '''President of the Republic of Kazakhstan''' is the [[head of state]], [[commander-in-chief]] and holder of the highest office within the [[Republic of Kazakhstan]]. The presidency was created on 24 April 1990, a year before the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]]. The first and, until March 2019, the only President of Kazakhstan was [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]].<ref>[http://www.kazakhembus.com/index.php?page=kazakhstan-president Kazakhstan President] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731002209/http://www.kazakhembus.com/index.php?page=kazakhstan-president |date=2013-07-31 }} Embassy of Kazakhstan</ref> None of the presidential elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by [[Western Hemisphere|Western]] countries or international observers<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/11/kazakhstan-president-early-election-nursultan-nazarbayev Kazakhstan's long term president to run in snap election – again], [[The Guardian]], 11 March 2015</ref> with issues noted including ballot tampering, multiple voting, harassment of opposition candidates and press censorship. {{-}} == List of officeholders == '''Political parties'''{{legend|{{party colo