He came to power in the late 1980s around the time the country achieved independence from the Soviet Union.
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, has announced his resignation in a televised address to the country.He said"I have taken a decision, which was not easy for me, to resign as president," but did not give a reason for doing so.
The 78-year-old has led the country since 1980 as its communist leader, then in 1991 was elected president.Mr Nazarbayev is expected to continue to chair Kazakhstan's security council and remain the leader of the ruling Nur Otan party. In 2015 he was re-elected president, with 98% of the country voting for him, in an election that was widely criticised as offering no credible alternative to voters.
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