Kazakhstan celebrate Republic Day on October 25, commemorating the country’s first step toward its independence from more than 70 years of Soviet rule. Kazakhstan re-established Republic Day as a national holiday after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev put forward the proposal to revive the important date during the first National Kurultai (Congress) June 2022. The holiday had not been celebrated since 2009.

October 25, 1990, was a prominent day in Kazakh history, as the country’s Supreme Council passed the Declaration of Sovereignty, which, together with the Constitutional Independence Law adopted on December 16, 1991, established the modern-day Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Declaration divided state power into legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The President had the highest administrative and executive power.