The Republic of Kazakhstan is a unitary state with a presidential government system. Under the Constitution, the state is a democratic, secular, legal and social state; it recognizes a human, his life, rights and freedoms as supreme values of the state.
Kazakhstan had become independent on December 16, 1991. Astana is a capital city of the country. A state language is Kazakh; and Russian language is of status of interethnic communication language.
The state symbols are state flag, state emblem and state anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
About State Symbols of the RK.
The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is head of state, its highest official, who has determined main domestic and foreign policy directions of the state and represented Kazakhstan in the country and outside the country. The President is a symbol and guarantor of the nation’s unity and state power, inviolability of Constitution, human and civil rights and freedoms.
The government exercises executive power, heads the system of executive bodies and governs their activities.
Lawmaking functions are exercised by the Parliament, consisting of two Chambers (Senate and Мazhilis) acting on a permanent basis.
The Senate comprises deputies representing in the manner established by Constitutional law by two persons from each region, city of republican significance and capital city. The President appoints ten deputies of the Senate, including the five deputies appointed upon the recommendation of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.
The Мazhilis consists of ninety-eight deputies elected in the manner established by constitutional law under a mixed electoral system: under a proportional representation system on the territory of a single national electoral district, as well as under single-mandate territorial electoral districts.
Useful Phone Numbers in Kazakhstan
📞 Emergency services:
🚔 Police – 102
🔥 Firefighting service – 101
🚑 Emergency medical care – 103
🆘 Unified emergency dispatch service – 112
💨 Gas emergency service – 104
💙 Psychological assistance service – 150
Be careful and save these numbers in case of emergency!