First Lady of Kazakhstan
| First Lady of Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|
 | |
since 7 October 2020 | |
| Abbreviation | FLOK |
| Residence | Ak Orda Presidential Palace, Astana[citation needed] |
| 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 |
The First Lady of Kazakhstan[b] is the unofficial title of the wife of the president of Kazakhstan. Under divorced president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev the position is vacant.[1] The first person to hold the title was Sara Nazarbayeva, wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
List of first ladies of Kazakhstan (1991–present)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name | Education | Marriage | Period | Length of tenure | President of Kazakhstan (Spouse) |
Marriage date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Sara Nazarbayeva (née Konakayeva) Born: 11 February 1942 |
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: 27 September 1958 |
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, 5 months and 12 days | |||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nadezhda Tokayeva divorced Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2020.
- ^ Kazakh: Қазақстанның бірінші ханымы, romanized: Qazaqstannyñ bırınşı xanymy, Russian: Первая леди Казахстана, romanized: Pervaya ledi Kazakhstana; also known as First Lady of the Republic of Kazakhstan
References
[edit]- ^ Зянькович, Микалай (2005). Зенькович Н. А Мальчики в розовых штанишках. ISBN 978-5-224-04742-0.