2021 in Kazakhstan

Ongoing

 * COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan

January

 * 1 January - the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union passes from Belarus to Kazakhstan.
 * 2 January - Death Penalty officially abolished after nearly a two decade recession.
 * 10 January - Kazakh legislative election
 * 15 January - Askar Mamin is reappointed as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Nurlan Nigmatulin is also reelected as the Chair of the Mazhilis.

February

 * 10 February – Small protest against prosecution on Uyghurs in Mainland China which resulted to crackdown.
 * 25 February – Murat Nurtileu is named as the new Deputy Head of Presidential Administration.
 * 28 February – At least a dozen are arrested by the police demanding the release of all political prisoners who have been arrested and detained during the unrest in the legislative elections.

March

 * 8 March – First Women's March held in Almaty.

April

 * 17 April – Three crewmen from the International Space Station griping their spacejet of Soyuz MS-17 land on Kazakh Soil.

May

 * The session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council takes place.
 * President Tokayev signs into law a bill that bans selling and leasing agricultural land to foreigners.

December

 * 27 November to 5 December — Kazakhstan will host the 2021 MMA World Championships and U20 Youth MMA World Championships in Nur-Sultan.

Deaths



 * 24 January - Nikolay Chebotko, Kazakh Olympic cross country skier (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), traffic collision. (b. 1982)
 * 3 February – Alizhan Ibragimov, businessman and billionaire (b.1954)
 * 9 February – Klavdiya Pishchulina, scientist. (b. 1934)
 * 16 April – Yessengaly Raushanov (b. 1957), poet