Constitutional reform in Kazakhstan: stages of historical state evolution

Abstract

In this article, the author analyzes the process of constitutional reform in the Republic of Kazakhstan. e legal system is anecessary attribute of any state applying for sovereign status. e Constitutional Law on State Independence (1991), the first Constitution (1993), laid its foundation and the subsequent develop ment of the new law and the new system of legislation was carried out based on the ideas and norms enshrined in the 1995 Constitution currently in force. At the same time, this document was also subjected to subsequent reform in 1998, 2007 and 2017, which allowed strengthening both the power vertical and the status of the head of state. At the same time, aseries of reforms provided for the redistribution of certain power functions, in particular, the transfer from the President to other governing bodies of states, in order to increase the efficiency of the functioning of the state apparatus. It should be noted that the redistribution of powers was carried out as carefully as possible so that, by increasing the effectiveness of the state, in no case should it be weakened.