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Kazakhstan Celebrates Republic Day
25 October 2024
Today, Kazakhstan celebrates the main state holiday – Republic Day.
On 25 October 1990, the Declaration on the State Sovereignty of Kazakhstan was adopted. The declaration proclaimed the sovereignty of the Kazakh SSR and declared the political and legal foundations of Kazakhstan as an independent state. Republic Day was a public holiday from 2001 to 2009.
On 16 June 2022, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed to return national holiday status to the Republic Day. Kazakhstan MPs amended the Law on Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan by establishing a national holiday Republic Day on 25 October and a public holiday Independence Day on 16 December.
On the eve of the holiday, a solemn meeting was held in the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Speaker of the Chamber Maulen Ashimbayev emphasized that giving Republic Day a national status was the restoration of historical justice. He added that the day became a symbol of “the revival of centuries-old statehood, in the struggle for which the Kazakh people overcame many trials on their way”.
