2024 in Kazakhstan
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Events in the year 2024 in Kazakhstan.
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Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
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Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | Älihan Smaiylov (until 5 February) |
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Roman Sklyar (until 6 February) | |
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Oljas Bektenov (since 6 February) | |
Events
- 5 April – More than 100,000 are displaced following floods caused by the spring thaw in northern and western parts of the country.[1][2]
- 14 May – The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife.[3]
- 2 July – Exiled opposition activist Aydos Sadykov dies of injuries sustained after being shot in Kyiv, Ukraine on 18 June.[4]
- 6 October – A majority of voters in a nationwide referendum allow the construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant in Ülken, near Lake Balkhash.[5]
- 25 December – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR carrying 67 people, crashes in Aktau, killing 38 people on board.[6] Azerbaijan subsequently accuses Russia of unintentionally shooting down the aircraft.[7]
