--- title: "Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan?" description: "Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan?" author: "Austin Dcruz" published: 2022-02-03 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95463/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-prime-minister-of-kazakhstan category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "prime minister", "kazakhstan"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan? Who has been appointed [as the Prime Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40278/who-was-the-oldest-to-take-the-oath-as-the-prime-minister-of-india) of Kazakhstan? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan is Alihan Askhanuly Smaiylov.** The **[Prime Minister of Kazakhstan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kazakhstan)** is the Republic of Kazakhstan's **head of government** and the second-highest post within the Republic of Kazakhstan, behind the **[President](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51420/which-president-served-during-the-era-of-good-feelings)** of Kazakhstan. The Prime Minister presides over the **government and advises the President** on the day-to-day operations of **Kazakhstan's Parliament**. Before achieving independence in 1991, the position was known as the **Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic** during the Soviet period. ![Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b11dbc21-fd0f-4b42-b99e-a4ab7db1f241/images/7305c480-7b04-4fc9-96a7-d4083e7e0390.jpeg)\ \ **[Alihan Askhanuly Smaiylov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alihan_Smaiylov)** is a Kazakh **[politician](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48561/who-wrote-the-iqbal-the-life-of-a-poet-philosopher-and-politician-and-when)** who currently serves as **Kazakhstan's Prime Minister.** He formerly served as **Kazakhstan's First Deputy Prime Minister** under Askar Mamin. From September 2018 to May 2020, he was also the **Minister of Finance**. Following the 2022 Kazakh demonstrations, **Kazakhstan's president named Smaiylov** as the country's next prime minister. The country's **parliament** fully accepted his **candidacy.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95463/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-prime-minister-of-kazakhstan Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.