"This morning, at the 72nd year of his life, after the serious illness, the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, died, " such a message appeared on one of the sites in the "Incidents" section in the spring of 2012.
As you know, the message turned out to be false, Nursultan Abishevich did not die and did not even leave the presidency. But that day, some citizens survived many unpleasant minutes. The situation was aggravated by the fact that no other sources reported the death of the head of state.
In such cases, the question arises - who could organize such a publication and why did it become possible?
President of Kazakhstan
The position of the first president of the Republic of Kazakhstan is somewhat different from the position of persons holding a similar position in other states.
Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev became president in 1990, when Kazakhstan was still a union republic within the USSR. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he remained the head of state.
The constitution of the republic secured the special position of the first president. One person cannot hold a presidency for more than two consecutive terms, but this restriction does not apply to the first president. His powers were determined by a separate constitutional law.
In addition, the personal life of the president is not exposed in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In fact, it is a state secret, as is the health of the head of state. And that which is surrounded by mystery always becomes a subject of gossip and gossip, especially if some kind of information leak does happen. For example, in 2011, a wave of rumors was caused by a visit to Nazarbayev's clinic at the University of Hamburg-Eppendorf Medical Center (Germany).
