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{{Country
{{Country
|name =''Қазақстан Республикасы''
|name =''Қазақстан Республикасы'' <br /> ''Qazaqstan Respwblïkası''
|map =Kazakhstan rel01.jpg
|map =Kazakhstan rel01.jpg
|map2 =Kazakhstan location.png
|map2 =Kazakhstan location.png
== Ethnic groups ==
== Ethnic groups ==
Kazakh (Qazaq) 63.1%, Russian 23.7%, Uzbek 2.8%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Uighur 1.4%, Tatar 1.3%, German 1.1%, other 4.5% (2009 census)
Kazakh (Qazaq) 63.1%, Russian 23.7%, Uzbek 2.8%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Uighur 1.4%, Tatar 1.3%, German 1.1%, other 4.5% (2009 census)
Elections to the Mazhilis in September 2004 yielded a lower house dominated by the pro-government Otan party, headed by President Nazarbayev. Two other parties considered sympathetic to the president, including the agrarian-industrial bloc AIST and the Asar party, founded by President Nazarbayev’s daughter, won most of the remaining seats (Asar and Otan subsequently merged in July 2006 to form the new Otan party). Opposition parties, which were officially registered and competed in the elections, won a single seat during elections that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said fell short of international standards. The opposition party Ak Zhol refused to take the seat in protest of the flawed elections.
Elections to the Mazhilis in September 2004 yielded a lower house dominated by the pro-government Otan party, headed by President Nazarbayev. Two other parties considered sympathetic to the president, including the agrarian-industrial bloc AIST and the Asar party, founded by President Nazarbayev’s daughter, won most of the remaining seats (Asar and Otan subsequently merged in July 2006 to form the new Otan party). Opposition parties, which were officially registered and competed in the elections, won a single seat during elections that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said fell short of international standards. The opposition party Ak Zhol refused to take the seat in protest of the flawed elections.
In December 2005, President Nazarbayev won a new 7-year term in an election that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said fell short of international standards. Official results gave the president 91% of the vote, although independent exit polls found this figure to be somewhat inflated. Opposition candidates Zharmakhan Tuyakbay (For a Just Kazakhstan) and Alikhan Baymenov (Ak Zhol) were able to compete freely in this election.
In December 2005, President Nazarbayev won a new 7-year term in an election that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said fell short of international standards. Official results gave the president 91% of the vote, although independent exit polls found this figure to be somewhat inflated. Opposition candidates Zharmakhan Tuyakbay (For a Just Kazakhstan) and Alikhan Baymenov (Ak Zhol) were able to compete freely in this election.
In April 2017 Nazarbayev ordered the country to start switching to the Latin alphabet, to be finished by 2025. Kazakhstan was forced by the Soviets to replace abandon the Arabic alphabet in favor of the latin alphabet in 1929, and was forced to switch (again), this time to Cyrillic in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-president-orders-shift-from-cyrillic/28425590.html|title=Kazakh President Orders Shift Away From Cyrillic Alphabet|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|access-date=2017-07-12}}</ref>
===Principal Government Officials===
===Principal Government Officials===