Kazakhstan marks First President's Day

AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakhstan marks the Day of First President Nursultan Nazarbayev today. It is a public holiday in the country.
The date is marked since 2012 after the Senate adopted the amendments to the law on public holidays on 10 December 2011.
Nazarbayev was re-elected as President of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 1 December 1991. On 20 March 2019, he resigned but retained the post of Security Council Chairman, Nur Otan ruling party chairman and member of the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan.