Capital: Astana
Population (million): 16.684
Total Area: 2,717,300km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 146.9 Tenge (KZT)(2012)
National Holiday: December 16, Independence day (1991)
Language(s): Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, others

Type of State:
Republic

Type of Government:
Presidential republic with democratic structures. Bicameral parliament (parliamenti) with a 47-seat Senate and a 98-seat Assemby (Majilis- lower house). Prime Minister and Council of Ministers appointed by the President. Administrative divisions: 14 provinces and 3 cities. Governing party: Nur-Otan

Head of State:
President Nursultan NAZARBAYEV

Head of Government:
Prime Minister Serik AKHMETOV

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: Erlan IDRISSOV
Finance: Bolat ZHAMISHEV
Economic Dev. And Trade: Yerbolat DOSAYEV

Main Political Parties:
Nur-Otan (OTAN); Ak Zhol; Communist People’s Party; Communist Party of Kazakhstan (KPK); National Social Democratic Party (OSDP); Auyl; Party of Patriots. Unregistered parties: Alga, Khalyk Rukh, Adilet and Ata Meken. Assembly: (98 members) Nur-Otan 83, Ak Zhol 8, Communist People’s Party 7

Elections:
Assembly (5 year term); next in January 2017. President (7 year term); next in 2018. Senate (6 year term); next in Dec. 2014.

Please note that the economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and the yearly averages for the year. If listed as ’0’ or absent, the statistic is currently unavailable.

Canadian exports to country: $101,704,269
Canadian imports from country: $3,187,022,208
FDI in Canada: $ million
CDI in Kazakhstan: $ million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Konstantin Zhigalov

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Stephen Millar