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Also Known As Kasymzhomart Tokayev • Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev
Born May 17, 1953 (age 73) • Almaty • Kazakhstan
Title / Office president (2019-), Kazakhstan • prime minister (1999-2002), Kazakhstan

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President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan speaks into a microphone at a podium against a blue background during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit.
Nursultan Nazarbayev
president of Kazakhstan