Prime Minister of Kazakhstan


The prime minister of Kazakhstan is the head of government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the holder of its fourth highest office, after the president of Kazakhstan, the chairman of the Senate, and the chairman of the Majilis. The prime minister heads the cabinet and advises the president in the every day execution of the functions of the Parliament of Kazakhstan. The incumbent prime minister is Oljas Bektenov, who replaced acting Prime Minister Roman Sklyar on 6 February 2024 after the previous government's resignation.

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Since the country's independence, it has had 12 prime ministers, none of whom were women. The longest-serving Prime minister was Karim Massimov, whose two non-consecutive terms combined to be more than eight years long. Massimov, who is of Uyghur and Tajik descent, is the only non-Kazakh prime minister since Sergey Tereshchenko.