Early Presidential Election in Kazakhstan against the Coming Crisis
Early Presidential Election in Kazakhstan against the Coming Crisis

Author(s): Arkadiusz Legieć, Konrad Zasztowt
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Kazakhstan; early presidential elections; president Nursultan Nazarbayev; successor of the president; president’s family members as possible successors;
Summary/Abstract: In the absence of any real political competition in the presidential election in Kazakhstan on 26 April, the winner will be the current president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Bringing forward the date of the election is a response to the growing economic crisis and the problems in trade relations with Russia, within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union. The president’s advanced age raises speculation as to the identity of his successor. Among the possible candidates being considered are mainly people from his family. However, each scenario of succession involves the risk of destabilising the country.

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