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Nursultan Nazarbayev

Politician

Nursultan Nazarbayev is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Noersoeltan Nazarbajef · Noersoeltan Nazarbajev · Noursoultan Nazarbaïev · Nursultan Abiševič Nazarbajev · Nursultan Nasarbajew · 30 more...				[sources]
Alias	Abishuly Nursultan Nazarbayev · Noersoeltan Abisjewitsj Nazarbajef · Noersoeltan Nasarbajev · Noursoulan Nazarbaïev · Noursoultan Nazarbaev · 45 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Nasarbajew · Nazarbaev · Nazarbajev · Nazarbajevs · Nazarbayev · 16 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1940-07-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Ushqonyr				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Kazakhstan · Soviet Union				[sources]
Citizenship	Kazakhstan · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Fatherland · Nur Otan · People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity				[sources]
Website	www.akorda.kz				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57394				[sources]
Position	Chair of Amanat (1999-2022) · President of Kazakhstan (1991-2019) · Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (1984-1989) · deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union · député du Soviet suprême de la République socialiste soviétique kazakhe				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Economics (1992)				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam · atheism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-09

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bolat Nazarbayev Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Dariga Nazarbayeva Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR	-	-
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan	1984-03-22	1989-07-27

Data sources

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,228

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