Archive on Kazakhstan's 1998 Presidential elections

Information on Candidates

• News/Candidate background info from Various Kazakh Sources - Russian/English
• CSCE Report on the Kazakh Presidential Election

News Stories

• 3/16/99 Remarks by U.S. Congressman Christopher Smith on Presidential elections
• BBC Monitoring 1/21/99 Kazakh premier reappointed
• BBC Monitoring 1/21/99 Kazakh president's speech at his inauguration ceremony
• BBC News 1/15/99-| Asia-Pacific | New political party in Kazakhstan
• 1/12/99 Hindu Times Moscow welcomes Nazarbayev's win
• 1/12/99-VOA Newswire-US reaction-Rubin on Kazakh election
• Reuters 1/12/99 Kazakh Communists call presidential poll a sham
• AP 1/11/98 Kazakh leader re-elected despite alleged violations
• Reuters 1/11/99 U.S. calls Kazakh elections disappointing
• Reuters 1/11/99-Veteran Kazakh Leader Claims Big Poll Win
• 1/11/99 Re-Elected Kazakh Leader To Keep Prime Minister On
• 1/10/99 Kazakhstan leader shrugs off criticism of poll
• VOA newswire 1/8/98 KAZAKHSTAN ELECTIONS BACKGROUND
• Reuters 1/8/FOCUS Kazakh leader under fire as campaign ends
• Key Facts about Kazakhstan
• Reuters 1/7/98-Candidates in Kazakh presidential electio
• How Kazakhstan's electoral system works
• Reuters 1/6/98-CORRECTED Human rights group slams Kazakh election process
• Human Rights Watch 1/5/98 Kazakhstan's presidential campaign found grossly unfair- Full text of press release
• News/Candidate background info from Various Kazakh Sources - trans
• Reuters 1/5/98 Kazakh leader under fire again as election nears
• Reuters 1/5/98 Kazakh leader attacks opponents' economic plans
• Reuters 1/4/98 Media splash for Kazakh leader as poll week starts
• 12/31/98-FEATURE Flamboyant Kazakh candidate attacks government
• 12/15/98-Reuters Communist challenger demands observer role in poll
• 12/13/98-Reuters Democracy's crown slips in Central Asia
• 12/11/98-Reuters Kazakh president has cold, poll campaign on hold
• Turkistan newsletter 12.10/98
  Various news incl. 12/6 NYT article on forthcoming elections
• Reuters 12/8/98-Communist backs world condemnation of Kazakh poll
• FOCUS-OSCE slams Kazakhstan's election race
• Reuters 12/4/98-OSCE calls on Kazakhstan to postpone election
• Reuter 12/4/98-Kazakh opposition leader vows to continue fight
• The Washington Post, 12/3/98 Pipeline Dreams In the Caspia
• 11/24/98-Reuters: Kazakh leader all smiles as main rival ousted
• 11/24/98-Reuters: Tough times ahead for Kazakhstan, president warns
• Kazakh court dashes ex-PM's election hopes
• 11/21/98-The Washington Post"Kazakhstan's Progress".
  Letter from His Excellency
  Bolat Nurgaliyev, Ambassador, Republic of Kazakhstan
• Press Release 11/11/98- President Nursultan Nazarbayev formally communicated with the Supreme Court with a request to reconsider the lower court decisions preventing ......
• 11/19/98-President N. Nazarbayev vows to Safeguard Freedom of the Press and to Conduct Free & Fair Elections
• President N. Nazarbayev: Remarks at the Conference for Regional Election Administrators of the Central Asian States.
• BBC: 11/19/ Kazakh leader sides with disqualified rival
• Reuters 10/22/98-Kazakh ex-premier to enroll for presidential race
• 10/14/98-'Kazhegeldin launches electoral campaign'
• 10/9/98-U.S. Concern About Early Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan
  U.S. Department of State statement
• 10/8/98-BBC monitoring service Kazakh MPs vote for early presidential elections
• RFERL 9/4/98-HAS KAZAKH PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BEGUN?
  Weekly Mass Media Survey
  • August 24-31, 1998
  • August 16-23, 1998
  • August 8-15, 1998
  • August 1-7, 1998