2019 in Kazakhstan
Events of 2019 in Kazakhstan.
Incumbents
President: Nursultan NazarbayevKassym-Jomart Tokayev Prime Minister: Bakhytzhan Sagintayev
Askar Mamin
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 – Serikbolsyn Abdildin, economist and politician.