Editing History of Kazakhstan (section)

=== After Nazarbayev ===

In March 2019, President Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned 29 years after taking office. However, he continued to lead the influential security council and held the formal title Leader of the Nation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kazakh leader Nazarbayev resigns after three decades |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47628854 |work=BBC News |date=19 March 2019}}</ref> [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] succeeded Nazarbayev as the [[President of Kazakhstan]]. His first official act was to rename the capital from Astana to [[Nur-Sultan]] after his predecessor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kazakhstan renames capital as new president takes office |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190320-kazakhstan-capital-new-president-astana-nursultan |work=France 24 |date=20 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In June 2019, the new president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, won Kazakhstan's presidential [[2019 Kazakh presidential election|election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Nazarbayev protégé wins Kazakhstan elections marred by protests |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190610-kazakhstan-presidential-election-tokayev-nazarbayev-protesters-arrested |work=France 24 |date=10 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In January 2022, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took over as head of the powerful Security Council, removing Nazarbayev from the post, after [[2022 Kazakh unrest|violent protests triggered by fuel price]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev handed over security council job on his own will: Spokesman |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/kazakhstan-s-nazarbayev-handed-over-security-council-job-on-his-own-will-spokesman/2469352 |work=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref> President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev later proposed constitutional amendments aimed at limiting his power and stripping Nazarbayev of his formal title Leader of the Nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazakhstan president proposes reforms to limit his powers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What's in Kazakhstan's Constitutional Referendum? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/whats-in-kazakhstans-constitutional-referendum/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev to lose his place in constitution {{!}} Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-nazarbayev-to-lose-his-place-in-constitution |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=eurasianet.org |language=en}}</ref>  Kazakhs later voted in the [[2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum]] approving of the constitutional amendments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazakh President Tokayev promises reform after referendum win |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/6/kazakhstan-votes-to-amend-constitution-referendum-results |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kazakhstan holds referendum to amend constitution |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/5/kazakhstan-holds-referendum-marking-end-of-nazarbayev-rule |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> In September 2022, the name of the country's capital was changed back to Astana from Nur-Sultan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=agencies |first1=Staff and |title=Kazakhstan to change name of capital from Nur-sultan back to Astana |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/14/kazakhstan-to-change-name-of-capital-from-nur-sultan-back-to-astana |work=the Guardian |date=14 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>