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The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan is known as a Presidential Republic, in which the current president of the country nominates all heads of the government. Also, both legislative and executive power is exercised by this type of government and there are two chambers in parliament.
In the Kazakhstan Democracy, a president is elected by the citizens for a five-year term. Also, there is a prime minister, first deputy prime minister and Council of Ministers, which are appointed directly by the president.
Current President Nazarbayev has expanded his powers by declaring that only the president is able to employ and discharge the government, dissolve Parliament, initiate amendments to the constitution, appoint administrative heads and call referendums.
The president is always the head of state, commander-in-chief of armed forces and has the ability to veto any legislation passed by Parliament. Therefore, the president has most of the power in government, with checks and balances in Parliament.
On June 13th, 1992, the National Security Committee was established and includes the Border Guard, Commando units, the Service of Internal Security, Foreign Intelligence and Military Counterintelligence.
The legislative branch is known as Parliament and has two chambers: the Assembly and the Senate. The Assembly features 77 seats, all of whom are elected in four-year terms, 67 single seat constituencies and 10 elected proportionally. The Senate has 47 total members, 40 are elected for six-year terms and 7 presidential appointees.
The Judicial brand features 44 judges that sit on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Also, there are seven appointees to the Constitutional Council who declare the constitutionality of different laws.
