Topic: the political system of Kazakhstan

Republic of Kazakhstan is a unitary State with the presidential form of the rule. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Head of State, its high official. The President is elected by the voting for five-year term.

The State power in the Republic is single and realized on the base of the Constitution and laws in accordance with principle of its division on legislative, executive and judicial branches and interactions between itself with use of the system сдержек and counterweight.

The high representative body of the Republic, realizing legislative functions is a Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Parliament consists of two Chambers acting on a constant basis: Senate (is elected for 6 years) and Mazhilis (is elected for 5 years);

The Government of Kazakhstan heads the executive system and realizes the management of its activity.

The Justice in the Republic of Kazakhstan is fulfilled only by the Court. The Courts of the Republic are the Supreme Court of the Republic and local courts of the Republic, founded by the law. The special position in the political system of Kazakhstan occupies the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It consists of seven members which authorities last six years. The life members of the Constitutional Council are the ex-Presidents of the Republic by right.

The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana city (since December 10, 1997). The population is 529.300 people. In the Republic there are 14 regions, 86 cities including 2 cities of the republican subjection (Astana city, Almaty city), 168 regions (8 regions in the cities), and 174 villages.

The state language in Kazakhstan is Kazakh, related to the group of the Turkic languages. In the state organizations and local authority on equal terms with state language officially uses the Russian language.

Political parties in the Republic of Kazakhstan have got the special impulse for its development with acceptance by the Parliament in 2002 of new Law " On political parties", called to regulate and put in good order the course of party construction in the Republic of Kazakhstan, to give the freedom for its consolidation. Obligatory 50-thousandth membership was inserted for the political party formation. In the Republic of Kazakhstan have officially registered 11 political parties. At the present in the country act more than 5000 nongovernmental organizations which realize the work in all socially significant spheres.

In the Kazakhstan function 1915 published mass media including 1325 newspapers and 590 magazines, 184 electronic mass media, including 144 TV companies and TV Radio companies, 40 Radio companies and 11 information agencies. 77% of mass media are private. The owners of 159 mass media are public associations, 11 editions belong to the political parties and movements and 10 belong to the religious organizations. In the Kazakhstan there is a dynamic development of Internet and cable TV. On the information market extensively used the modern information technologies.