21st Nur Otan Extraordinary Congress

January 2022 Nur Otan chairmanship election
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Registered399 delegates
Turnout97.49%
 
Candidate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Party Nur Otan
Delegate vote 389
Percentage 100.0%
Chairman before election

Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nur Otan

Elected Chairman

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Nur Otan

The 21st Nur Otan Extraordinary Congress was held on 28 January 2022 to elect the new chairman of Nur Otan after former President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced in stepping down from leading the largest ruling party in Kazakhstan for more than 20 years in November 2021 and the days of turmoil conflict that took place in early January.[1][2][3] The congress was conducted remotely and attended by 389 delegates.[4] For the first time since 1999, the Nur Otan unanimously elected incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its new party leader.[5]

Amongst other discussed issues in the congress were the amendments and additions to the party's charter, amendments to the Composition of the Political Council.[6] From there, Tokayev expressed the need for the Nur Otan to renew itself by calling for a drastic reconstruction of all the party's work.[7]

  1. ^ "Nur Otan Party to convene Jan 28". INFORM.KZ. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Kazakh Ex-President To Give Up Leadership Of Ruling Party". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Kazakh ex-president to hand over ruling party leadership to successor". Reuters. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Токаева избрали председателем правящей партии Казахстана "Нур Отан"". ТАСС (in Russian). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Kazakh president Tokayev takes over as ruling party leader". Reuters. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ "President Tokayev Becomes Chairman of Ruling Nur Otan Party". The Astana Times. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Nur Otan Party needs to renew itself - Tokayev". Kazinform.kz. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.