Respublica (Kazakh political party)

The creation of the party was announced in August 2022. The party's founding congress was held on 3 December 2022. An agricultural producer, the head of the Olzha Agro company, Aidarbek Qojanazarov, became the chairman of the party. The co-chairs are entrepreneurs Syrymbek Tau, Ruslan Berdenov, Maxim Baryshev, Dinara Shukizhanova, Kuanysh Shonbai, Beibit Alibekov and Nurlan Koyanbaev.^[5]

On 18 January 2023, the Respublica party received registration documents.^[6]

On 25 January, the first regional branch was opened in the Kostanay Region. On 27 January, all 20 regional divisions of the party received registration.^[7]

The aim of the party is to create levers of influence on the country's politics, so that every citizen of Kazakhstan feels involvement in political, social and economic changes.^[8]

Kazakh political scientists Rakhim Oshakbaev^[9] and Gaziz Zhaparov^[10] positively assessed the party's chances of winning in the snap Kazakh parliamentary elections, which were scheduled for 19 March 2023.^[11] It ultimately won around 11% of the vote, finishing in third place.