Security Council of Kazakhstan
The Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Security Council, Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Қауіпсіздік Кеңесі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Qauıpsızdık Keñesı) is a constitutional advisory body of the Kazakh Government which aides and assists the President of Kazakhstan in implementation of military policy and law enforcement. The President, who is the Supreme Commander–in–Chief of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, is one of many permanent members of the council, which includes the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff.
The current chairman is President Kassym–Jomart Tokayev, following the 5 January 2022, dismissal of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev as chairman. The Secretary of the Security Council (currently Gizat Nurdauletov) is the second highest position in the council.
List of Chairmen
| No. | Image | Name (Birth–Death) |
In office | Election | Party | President | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start office | End office | Office time | ||||||||
| 1 | Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) |
21 August 1991 | 5 January 2022 | 30 years, 137 days | None | QKP | Himself | |||
| 1991 | Independent | |||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Amanat | |||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Kassym–Jomart Tokayev | |||||||||
| 2 | Kassym–Jomart Tokayev (born 1953) |
5 January 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 238 days | None | Amanat | Himself | |||
| 2022 | Independent | |||||||||
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Timeline
History
The Security Council dates back to 21 August 1991, when it was founded as the Security Council of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, which was created by decree of then–President Nazarbayev. It would later be transformed into the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan in June 1993. The current mandate and regulations of the Security Council were approved by the government on 20 March 1999. The office of Secretary of the Security Council is the effective chief of the council who reports to the chairman. The position was introduced in June 1994 and has remained an important component of the Security Council. An amendment passed by parliament in May 2018 defines the decisions made by the council to be "mandatory and are subject to strict execution by state bodies, organisations and officials of the Republic of Kazakhstan."[1]
Mandate
The Security Council of Kazakhstan has the following mandates:
- To ensure that the president has full control to exercise his/her national security powers.
- To form and implementation a national security policy.
- To recommend options prior to him/her making decisions on domestic and foreign policy issues related to national security.
- To prepare the carrying out of international agreements that repeated to national security.[2]
Members
Permanent members of the Security Council include the following:
- President (as Chair of the Security Council)
- Prime Minister
- Head of the Presidential Administration
- Deputy Chair of the Security Council
- Chairman of the National Security Committee
- Foreign Minister
- Minister of Defence
Other members include:
- Chairman of the Kurultai
- Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
- Minister of Internal Affairs
- Chief of the General Staff
List of leaders
The council is presided over by the Chairman, who is the President of Kazakhstan, and de-facto led by the Deputy Chairman. Before 2026, that position belonged to the Secretary of the Security Council.
Secretaries (1994–2026)
- Bulat Baekenov (June 1994 – October 1994)
- Tulegen Zhukeyev (October 1994 – October 1995)
- Baltash Tursymbaev (October 1995 – October 1996)
- Beksultan Sarsekov (October 1996 – February 1999)
- Marat Tajin (24 February 1999 – 5 May 2001)
- Altynbek Sarsenbayuly (5 May 2001 – 11 December 2001)
- Marat Tajin (11 December 2001 – 29 August 2002)
- Omarkhan Oksikbaev (August 29, 2002 – June 16, 2003)
- Bulat Utemuratov (June 2003 – March 2006)
- Marat Tajin (April 2006 – January 2007)
- Berik Imashev (January 2007 – August 2008)
- Kairbek Suleimenov (August 2008 – September 2009)[3][4]
- Marat Tajin (September 2009 – January 2013)
- Qairat Qojamjarov (January 2013 – August 2014)
- Nurlan Yermekbayev (November 2014 – September 13, 2016)
- Vladimir Jumaqanov (September 13, 2016 – 4 April 2018)
- Nurlan Yermekbayev (4 April 2018 – 7 August 2018)
- Gabit Baijanov (September 2018 – 12 February 2019)
- Kalmukhanbet Kassymov (12 February 2019 – 16 January 2020)
- Asset Issekeshev (16 January 2020 – 25 February 2022)[5]
- Gizat Nurdauletov (25 February 2022 – 31 August 2026)
Deputy Chairs (2026–present)
- Aida Balaeva (since 31 August 2026)
See also
References
- ↑ July 2018, Aigerim Seisembayeva in Nation on 13 (13 July 2018). "Kazakh President given right to head National Security Council for life". The Astana Times. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Совет Безопасности — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Akorda.kz. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ↑ "Secretary of Security Council appointed by president's decree". kt.kz. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ "Сулейменов освобожден от должности помощника Президента - секретаря Совбеза" (in Russian). caravan.kz. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ "Помощник Президента - Секретарь Совета Безопасности Республики Казахстан Касымов Калмуханбет Нурмуханбетович — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.