2013 in Kazakhstan

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Events in the year 2013 in Kazakhstan.

Incumbents

• President: Nursultan Nazarbayev
• Prime Minister: Serik Akhmetov

Events

January

• January 29 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760, a scheduled flight from Kokshetau to Almaty, crashed in the village of Kyzyltu, killing all 21 people on board.[1]

May

• May 7 – The first military parade in honour of Defender of the Fatherland Day was held at the Otar Military Base.[2][3]

August

• August 10 – 17 – Kazakhstan competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia. A team of 17 athletes represented the country in the event.[4]

September

• September 2 – The Third Parliament Session was opened.[5]
• September 5 – The country took part in the G20 Summit in Saint Petersburg for the first time.[6]

December

• December 1 – A new building of the Nazarbayev Center was opened.[7]

Deaths

• November 16 – Yermek Serkebaev, People's Artist of the USSR (1959).[8]
• December 27 – Roza Zhamanova, People's Artist of the USSR (1959).[9]

References

1. Roth, Andrew (2013-01-29). "Plane Crashes in Fog in Kazakhstan, Killing All 21 on Board". The New York Times.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Events calendar 7 May 2013 — Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
4. "14th IAAF World Championships Athletes -World Athletics Championships".
5. "Today President Nursultan Nazarbayev Opens Third Parliament Session of the Fifth Convocation — Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
6. "President Nursultan Nazarbayev Arrives in Saint-Petersburg to Participate in G20 Summit — Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
7. "Visit to the new building of the Nazarbayev Centre — Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
8. "President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of condolences to the family and friends of the People's Artist of the USSR and the Kazakh SSR Yermek Serkebayev following his death. — Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
9. "Condolences over the death of the People's Artist of the USSR, Kazakh opera singer Roza Zhamanova to her family and relatives — Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".