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Kazakhstan (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Jan. 11, 2023
Report Number IF10251
Report Type In Focus
Authors Christopher T. Mann; Gabriel M. Nelson; Bolko J. Skorupski
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Kazakhstan has a hybrid presidential-parliamentary system, with a two chamber legislature, the Mazhilis. The first (and so far only) president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, was the Communist Party leader of Kazakh SSR, the region that became Kazakhstan after the Soviet collapse. Nazarbayev also played a central role in forming the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which succeeded the Soviet Union. He has been reelected several times since 1991 with little opposition. Nazarbayev and his family have monopolized the political system and significant sectors of the economy. The Mazhilis has limited influence on national decisionmaking.