On April 3rd, Kazakhstan will hold presidential elections.

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Nursultan Abishevich NAZARBAYEV 

Head of Government: Prime Minister Karim MASIMOV

Assembly: Kazakhstan has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 39 seats and the House of Representatives (Mazhilis) with 107 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by simple majority vote to serve a 7-year term.

The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.

In the Senate, 7 members are appointed to serve 6-year terms and 32 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 6-year terms*.

In the House of Representatives (Mazhilis), 98 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 9 members are appointed to serve 5-year terms.**

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