The chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan was a presiding officer of the upper house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary joint meetings. The post was created on 30 January 1996 at the first newly Senate session opening after the 1995 Kazakh constitutional referendum which was held in 30 August 1995 that formed the Senate of Kazakhstan. The post was abolished on 1 July 2026 following the adoption of a new Constitution that transitioned the country to a unicameral parliament, the Kurultai.
List of chairmen №PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDuration 1 Omirbek Baigeldi(1939–2024) 30 January 1996 29 November 1999 2 Oralbay Abdykarimov(born 1947) 1 December 1999 10 March 2004 3 Nurtai Abykayev(born 1947) 10 March 2004 11 January 2007 4 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev(born 1953) 11 January 2007 15 April 2011 5 Kairat Mami(born 1955) 15 April 2011 16 October 2013 6 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev(born 1953) 16 October 2013 20 March 2019 7 Dariga Nazarbayeva(born 1963) 20 March 2019 2 May 2020 8 Mäulen Äşimbaev(born 1971) 4 May 2020 1 July 2026
See also Chairman of the Mäjilis, former leader of the lower house Senate of Kazakhstan, body headed by the Chairman Chairman of the Kurultai of Kazakhstan, succeeding position of the Senate Chairman
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