2024 in Kazakhstan

• 5 April – More than 100,000 are displaced following floods caused by the spring thaw in northern and western parts of the country.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-10 |title=Tens of thousands evacuated in Russia, Kazakhstan amid worst floods in decades |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240410-tens-of-thousands-evacuated-in-russia-kazakhstan-amid-worst-floods-in-decades |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=France 24 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-15 |title=Mass evacuations as floods in Russia's Kurgan region set to peak |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/15/mass-evacuations-as-floods-in-russias-kurgan-region-set-to-peak |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 14 May – The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife.{{Cite web |title=Kazakhstan jails former minister for 24 years over wife's torture, murder |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/14/kazakhstan-jails-former-minister-for-24-years-over-wifes-torture-murder |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 2 July – Exiled opposition activist Aydos Sadykov dies of injuries sustained after being shot in Kyiv, Ukraine on 18 June.{{Cite news |title=Kazakh dissident dies following assassination attempt in Ukraine |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/2/kazakh-dissident-dies-following-kyiv-assassination-attempt |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 6 October – A majority of voters in a nationwide referendum allow the construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant in Ülken, near Lake Balkhash.{{Cite news |title='Yes' vote prevails in Kazakhstan nuclear plant vote: TV |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241006-yes-vote-prevails-in-kazakhstan-nuclear-plant-vote-tv |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=France 24 |language=en}}
• 25 December – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR carrying 67 people, crashes in Aktau, killing 38 people on board.{{Cite web |title=Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister: 38 killed in AZAL plane crash in Aktau |url=https://en.apa.az/incident/kazakh-deputy-prime-minister-38-killed-in-azal-plane-crash-in-aktau-456549 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Apa.az |language=en}} Azerbaijan subsequently accuses Russia of unintentionally shooting down the aircraft.{{Cite web |date=29 December 2024 |title=Azerbaijan's president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally |url=https://apnews.com/article/azerbaijan-russia-plane-crash-e6c1002284a900fa635eecf5573214ea |website=Associated Press}}

{{Further|Public holidays in Kazakhstan}}

{{small|Source}}:{{Cite web|url=https://publicholidays.asia/kazakhstan/2024-dates/ |title= Kazakhstan Public Holidays 2024|access-date=8 December 2023 |website=Public Holidays Global}}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Eastern Orthodoxy Christmas
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 21–23 March – Nowruz
• 1 May – Kazakhstan People's Unity Day
• 7 May – Defender of the Fatherland Day
• 9 May – Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day
• 16 June – Qurban Ayt
• 6 July – Capital City Day
• 30 August – Constitution Day
• 25 October – Republic Day
• 16 December – Independence Day

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2024&country=82 Online calendar]

• [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kazakhstan/ Kazakhstan Country Profile]; CIA World Fact Book
• [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/docViewer.aspx?docID=602#start Kazakhstan]; United Nations Statistics Division

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