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![]() ![]() Kazakstan Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/kazakstan/kazakstan_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code KZ Government type republic National capital Almaty (according to a September 1995 presidential decree, the capitalis to be moved to Aqmola) Administrative divisions
16 oblystar (singular - oblys) and 1 city (qalalar, singular - qala)*;Almaty Qalasy*, Almaty Oblysy, Aqmola Oblysy, Aqtobe Oblysy, Atyrau Oblysy,Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral), Mangghystau Oblysy (Aqtau), Ongtustik QazaqstanOblysy (Shymkent), Pavlodar Oblysy, Qaraghandy Oblysy, Qostanay Oblysy, QyzylordaOblysy, Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen; formerly Ust'-Kamenogorsk), SoltustikQazaqstan Oblysy (Petropavl), Taldyqorghan Oblysy, Torghay Oblysy, ZhambylOblysy (Taraz)
Independence 16 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union) National holiday Independence Day, 25 October (1991); Republic Day, 16 December (1991) Constitution adopted by national referendum 30 August 1995; first post-independenceconstitution was adopted 28 January 1993 Legal system based on civil law system Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (47 seats; 7 senators areappointed by the president; other members are popularly elected, two each from each oblast and Almaty, to serve four-year terms) and the Majilis (67seats; members are popularly elected to serve four-year terms); note - withthe oblasts being reduced to 14, the Senate will eventually be reduced to37
Judicial branch Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7 members) Political parties and leaders Alash National Freedom Party party [Aron ATABEK]; People's Unity Partyor PUP (was Union of People's Unity) [Akhan BIZHANOV, chairman]; Democratic Party [Tulegen ZHUKEYEV and Altynbek SARSENBAYEV, cochairmen]; People's Congressof Kazakstan or NKK [Olzhas SULEYMENOV, chairman]; AZAMAT Movement [Petr SVOIK,Murat AUEZOV, and Galym ABILSAITOV, cochairmen]; Communist Party or KPK [SerikbolsynABDILDIN, first secretary]; National Democratic Party [Kamal ORMANTAYEV, chairman];AZAT party [Toleubek KARAMENDIN, chairman]; Labor movement [Madel ISMAILOV,chairman]; Peasant Union of the Republic Kazakstan or KPU; Republican People'sSlavic Movement-Harmony or Lad [Aleksander SAMARKIN, chairman]; Party forSocial Justice and Economic Revival "Tagibat"; Social Democratic Party ofKazakstan or SDPK [Dos KUSHIMOV, cochairman]; People's Cooperative Party [UmirzakSARSENOV, chairman]; Organization of Veterans; Republican Party; Russian Center[Nina SIDOROVA, chairwoman]; Russian Cossacks [Vladimir DESYATOV, head (ataman)];Pensioners Movement or Pokoleniye [Irina SAVOSTINA, chairwoman] Political pressure groups and leaders Independent Trade Union Center [Leonid SOLOMIN, president]; Kazakstani-AmericanBureau on Human Rights [Yevgeniy ZHOVTIS, executive director]; DemocraticCommittee on Human Rights [Baretta YERGALIEVA, chairwoman]; Independent MinersUnion [Victor GAIPOV, president]; The Almaty-Helsinki Foundation for HumanRights [Ninel FOKINA, chairwoman]; Legal Development of Kazakstan [VitaliyVORONOV, chairman] International organization participation AsDB, CCC, CIS, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFC,ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NACC, OIC, OSCE, PFP, UN,UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant) Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
sky blue background representing the endless sky and a gold sun with32 rays soaring above a golden steppe eagle in the center; on the hoist sideis a "national ornamentation" in yellow
NOTE: The information regarding Kazakstan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kazakstan Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kazakstan Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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