8th Congress of the Ak Zhol Democratic Party

By a presidential decree of 1 July 2011, the Incumbent Chairman Alikhan Baimenov of Ak Zhol was appointed as a Chairman of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs of Kazakhstan, opening a new seat for the leadership for the party.^[1]

On 2 July, an 8th Congress was held to elect the new chairman of the party. Azat Peruashev, who a day earlier left the ranks of the ruling party of the Nur Otan, joined Ak Zhol and was endorsed by Baimenov to succeeded him.^[2] With the 137 delegates participating in the convention, Peruashev was unanimously voted to be the new chairman.^[3]