The State Counsellor of the Republic of Kazakhstan (), formerly the State Secretary of Kazakhstan (), was an appointed post under the direct supervision of the president of Kazakhstan.
The state counsellor would develop proposals for the president on domestic and foreign policy and coordinates activities on social and cultural issues.
List of state secretaries ImageState SecretaryTerm of officePresident1.Akhmetzhan Yessimov4 March 199624 October 1996Nursultan Nazarbayev2.Abish Kekilbayev30 October 199629 January 2002Nursultan Nazarbayev3.Kassym-Jomart Tokayev29 January 200213 June 2003Nursultan Nazarbayev4.Imangali Tasmagambetov13 June 20039 March 2004Nursultan Nazarbayev5.Oralbay Abdykarimov 10 March 200415 May 2007Nursultan Nazarbayev6.Kanat Saudabayev15 May 200723 January 2012Nursultan Nazarbayev7.Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed23 January 201216 January 2013Nursultan Nazarbayev8.Marat Tazhin16 January 201321 January 2014Nursultan NazarbayevActingKarim Massimov21 January 20142 April 2014Nursultan Nazarbayev9.Adilbek Zhakysbekov2 April 201422 October 2014Nursultan Nazarbayev10.Nurlan Nigmatullin22 October 201411 November 2014Nursultan Nazarbayev11.Gulshara Abdykhalikova11 November 201425 February 2019Nursultan Nazarbayev12.Bakhytzhan Sagintayev1 March 201924 March 2019Nursultan NazarbayevKassym-Jomart Tokayev13.Marat Tazhin24 March 201918 September 2019Kassym-Jomart Tokayev14.Krymbek Kusherbayev18 September 201912 January 2022Kassym-Jomart Tokayev15.Erlan Karin5 January 202230 June 2026Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
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