Incumbents
Events
Ongoing
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
January
- 1 January - the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union passes from Belarus to Kazakhstan.
- 2 January - Death Penalty officially abolished after nearly a two decade recession.
- 10 January - Kazakh legislative election
- 15 January - Askar Mamin is reappointed as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Nurlan Nigmatulin is also reelected as the Chair of the Mazhilis.
February
- 10 February – Small protest against prosecution on Uyghurs in Mainland China which resulted to crackdown.
- 25 February – Murat Nurtileu is named as the new Deputy Head of Presidential Administration.
- 28 February – At least a dozen are arrested by the police demanding the release of all political prisoners who have been arrested and detained during the unrest in the legislative elections.
March
- 8 March – First Women's March held in Almaty.
April
- 17 April – Three crewmen from the International Space Station griping their spacejet of Soyuz MS-17 land on Kazakh Soil.
May
- The session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council takes place.
- President Tokayev signs into law a bill that bans selling and leasing agricultural land to foreigners.
December
- 27 November to 5 December — Kazakhstan will host the 2021 MMA World Championships and U20 Youth MMA World Championships in Nur-Sultan.
Deaths
- 24 January - Nikolay Chebotko, Kazakh Olympic cross country skier (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), traffic collision. (b. 1982)
- 3 February – Alizhan Ibragimov, businessman and billionaire (b.1954)
- 9 February – Klavdiya Pishchulina, scientist. (b. 1934)
- 16 April – Yessengaly Raushanov (b. 1957), poet
See also
- Outline of Kazakhstan
- Index of Kazakhstan-related articles
- List of Kazakhstan-related topics
- History of Kazakhstan
- List of Kazakhs
- List of Kazakh khans
References
Notes
Citations
Further reading
- Janssen, Sarah (17 December 2019). The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Skyhorse. ISBN 9781600572289.
- Riches, Christopher; Stalker, Peter (6 October 2016). A Guide to Countries of the World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-106079-3.
External links
- Kazakhstan Country Profile; CIA World Fact Book
- Kazakhstan; United Nations Statistics Division
