Mr Nazarbayev came to power in 1989 as first secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only man to lead the country since it emerged from the ...

Kazakhstan has renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honour outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday. The change was announced after Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ...

NUR-SULTAN, January 8. /TASS/. The first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, stays in the capital of the republic and maintains direct contact with the current president Kassym-Jomart ...