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Nursultan Nazarbayev

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Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council from 1991 to 2022. Nazarbayev’s political career began in the Soviet era, where he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1962 while working as a steel factory worker. Rising through the party ranks, he became Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR in 1984 and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nursultan Nazarbayev is the 745th most popular politician (down from 539th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Kazakhstan and the 2nd most popular Kazakhstani Politician.

Nursultan Nazarbayev is the president of Kazakhstan. He is most famous for his role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nursultan Nazarbayev ranks 745 out of 19,576. Before him are Maximinus Thrax, Yesugei, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Taejong of Joseon, Ion Antonescu, and Béla IV of Hungary. After him are Tahmasp I, Louis, Dauphin of France, Peter II of Russia, Moon Jae-in, Chun Doo-hwan, and Umberto II of Italy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Nursultan Nazarbayev ranks 16. Before him are Anthony Fauci, Chuck Norris, Brian Josephson, Zodiac Killer, Constantine II of Greece, and Annie Ernaux. After him are Qaboos bin Said al Said, Ringo Starr, Stuart Sutcliffe, Gao Xingjian, Raul Julia, and Michael Gambon.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev ranks 2 out of 193. Before him are Tomyris (-600). After him are Seljuk (902), Ahmad Yasawi (1103), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953), Muhammad Shaybani (1451), Lavr Kornilov (1870), Akhmad Kadyrov (1951), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946), Aslan Maskhadov (1951), Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), and Edigu (1352).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kazakhstan

Among politicians born in Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev ranks 2. Before him are Tomyris (-600). After him are Seljuk (902), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953), Muhammad Shaybani (1451), Akhmad Kadyrov (1951), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946), Aslan Maskhadov (1951), Edigu (1352), Tughlugh Timur (1329), Ablai Khan (1711), and Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (1952).

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