First Lady of Kazakhstan

First Lady of Kazakhstan
First Lady of Kazakhstan
Қазақстанның бірінші ханымы (Kazakh); Qazaqstannyń baransha hanymy; Первая леди Казахстана (Russian);
	Flag of Kazakhstan
	Incumbent; Vacant; since 7 October 2020
Abbreviation	FLOK
Residence	Ak Orda Presidential Palace, Astana[citation needed]
Term length	Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place)
Precursor	Spouse of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR
Inaugural holder	Sara Nazarbayeva (as wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev)
Formation	December 16, 1991; (32 years ago)

The First Lady of the Republic of Kazakhstan , also known as First Lady of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстанның бірінші ханымы, romanized: Qazaqstannıñ birinşi xanımı, Russian: Первая леди Казахстана, romanized: Pervaya ledi Kazakhstana) is the unofficial de facto title usually attributed to the wife of the president of Kazakhstan. Because the incumbent president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is divorced, the position is currently vacant.^[1] First and only person to hold the title was Sara Nazarbayeva, wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Current

The first lady position is currently vacant, since the divorce of the current president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Nadezhda Tokayeva in 2020.

There have been no first gentlemen of Kazakhstan to date.

History and role of the first lady

There is no official role or office of the first lady of Kazakhstan as she is not an elected position, but usually tend to participate in humanitarian and charitable work.

Until 2019, there has been just one first lady since the country's independence in 1991, Sara Nazarbayeva, wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

List of First ladies of Kazakhstan (1991–present)

No.	Portrait	Name	Education	Marriage	Period		Length of tenure	President of Kazakhstan (Spouse)	Marriage date
1		Sara Nazarbayeva (née Konakayeva) Born: (1942-02-11) 11 February 1942 (age 82)	Karaganda Industrial University	1962	16 December 1991	20 March 2019	27 years, 3 months and 4 days	Nursultan Nazarbayev	m. 1962
2		Nadezhda Tokayeva (née Davydovna) Born: (1958-09-27) 27 September 1958 (age 66)	Russian State University for the Humanities	early 1980s	20 March 2019	7 October 2020	1 year, 6 months and 17 days	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Incumbent)	m. 1980; .div 2020
–	Vacant Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Nadezhda Tokayeva are now divorced.					2020	Present	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Incumbent)

Notes

^ Nadezhda Tokayeva divorced Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2020.

References

^ Зянькович, Микалай (2005). Зенькович Н. А Мальчики в розовых штанишках. ISBN 978-5-224-04742-0.