21st Nur Otan Extraordinary Congress

21st Extraordinary Congress of the Nur Otan Party
The flag of the Nur Oran party
Date28 January 2022
LocationRemote
Participants389 delegates
OutcomeElection of the Party Chairman, amendment of the Charter, and approval of the new Political Council.

The 21st Extraordinary Congress of the Nur Otan Party (Kazakh: «Нұр Отан» партиясының кезектен тыс XXI съезі, romanized: «Nūr Otan» partiiasynyñ kezekten tys XXI sezı; Russian: XXI внеочередной съезд партии «Нур Отан») was held remotely on 28 January 2022 to elect the new chairman of Nur Otan after former President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced in stepping down from leading the largest ruling party in Kazakhstan for more than 20 years in November 2021 and the days of turmoil conflict that took place in early January. The congress was attended by 389 delegates. For the first time since 1999, the Nur Otan unanimously elected incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its new party leader.

Amongst other discussed issues in the congress were the amendments and additions to the party's charter, amendments to the Composition of the Political Council. From there, Tokayev expressed the need for the Nur Otan to renew itself by calling for a drastic reconstruction of all the party's work.

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