Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov was Chairman of Otan

Fatherland (Kazakhstan)

Fatherland was the largest political party in Kazakhstan, led by Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov with over 700,000 members until December 22. At a subsequent party congress, delegates agreed to incorporate the Civic Party and the Agrarian Party and rename the party to Nur-Otan.Otan was originally...

, the largest political party in Kazakhstan. and acting chairman of Nur Otan party, created by merging a number of other parties into Otan.

Zhumagulov told reporters in a news conference in Astana

Astana

Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...

 on 25 September 2006 that Otan and Asar

Asar (Kazakhstan)

Asar was a political party in Kazakhstan.At the last legislative elections, 19 September and 3 October 2004, the party won 11.4 % of the popular vote and 4 out of 77 seats. Following calls from its leader Dariga Nazarbayeva for a united ruling party, and allegations that her father was becoming...

 political parties

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

 officially merged. "In all, the merged Otan party has a membership of 700,000, which makes it the country's largest political party."

Since 2007 Nur Otan has been headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union...

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External links

• Kazakhstan: Ruling Party Gets Even Bigger