# Nursultan Nazarbayev Ruler of [[Kazakhstan]] from 1989 until his 2019 resignation, retaining power behind the scenes until the 2022 unrest; renamed the capital after himself — a personalist post-Soviet regime built on oil wealth. > [!info] Stub — created 2026-06-21 as a link target for [[Dictators in World History Hub]]. Expand with biography, path to power, and right-wing reception.