| Description | Kazakhstan's reigning party since its first congress was held on March 1, 1999.
Launched at the initiative of the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, party was first known as "Otan", translated as "Light of the Fatherland".
Party was renamed the People's Democratic Party (Narodno-Demokraticheskaya Partiya, NDP) "Nur Otan" on December 22, 2006, and shortened to Nur Otan a year later.
Despite resigning from the presidency on March 29, 2019, Nursultan Nazarbayev still holds the post of chairman of the party, a position he's held since March 1, 1999.
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