May 12, 2026
BNE Intellinews - New political party gets nod in Kazakhstan. It’s pro-presidential. No surprises there
With elections to Kazakhstan’s restructured parliament about three months away, a new political party has just entered the contest.
Not surprisingly, it is a pro-presidential party.
The 8th political party
The Adilet (Justice) Party, not to be confused with the earlier Adilet Democratic Party that existed from 2004 to 2013, held its founding congress in Astana on May 7. The approximately 1,000 delegates at the congress elected Aybek Dadabay to be party chairman.
Dadabay was Kazakhstan’s presidential administration head from February 2024 until May 5 this year, when President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev relieved him of the post, making First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar his successor.
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Bruce Pannier is a Senior Fellow at the Turan Research Center.