First Lady of Kazakhstan | |
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Flag of Kazakhstan | |
Incumbent Vacant since 7 October 2020 | |
Abbreviation | FLOK |
Residence | Ak Orda Presidential Palace, Astana |
Term length | Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place) |
Precursor | Spouse of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR |
Inaugural holder | Sara Nazarbayeva (as wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev) |
Formation | December 16, 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-12-16) |
The First Lady of the Republic of Kazakhstan , also known as First Lady of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстанның бірінші ханымы, romanized: Qazaqstannıñ birinşi xanımı, Russian: Первая леди Казахстана, romanized: Pervaya ledi Kazakhstana) is the unofficial title of the wife of the president of Kazakhstan. Under divorced president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev the position is vacant. The first and only person to hold the title was Sara Nazarbayeva, wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
List of first ladies of Kazakhstan (1991–present)
No. | Portrait | Name | Education | Marriage | Period | Length of tenure | President of Kazakhstan (Spouse) |
Marriage date | |
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1 | Sara Nazarbayeva (née Konakayeva) Born: (1942-02-11) 11 February 1942 (age 82) |
Karaganda Industrial University | 1962 | 16 December 1991 | 20 March 2019 | 27 years, 3 months and 4 days | Nursultan Nazarbayev | m. 1962 | |
2 | Nadezhda Tokayeva (née Davydovna) Born: (1958-09-27) 27 September 1958 (age 66) |
Russian State University for the Humanities | 1980 | 20 March 2019 | 7 October 2020 (divorced) | 1 year, 6 months and 17 days | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Incumbent) |
m. 1980 | |
– | Vacant Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Nadezhda Tokayeva are now divorced. |
2020 | Present | 4 years, 2 months and 30 days |
Notes
- Nadezhda Tokayeva divorced Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2020.
References
- Зянькович, Микалай (2005). Зенькович Н. А Мальчики в розовых штанишках. ISBN 978-5-224-04742-0.