The draft of the new Constitution also states that elections to the Kurultai must be announced by the President of Kazakhstan within a month and held within two months after the Constitution comes into force.
According to Article 94, the new Constitution, approved in a republican referendum, will come into effect on July 1, 2026, and on that day the current Constitution will cease to be in effect.
The day when the new Constitution is adopted in the referendum will become a public holiday – Constitution Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Within two months after the opening of the first session of the Kurultai of the first convocation, the president must appoint a vice president with the consent of the deputies, as well as the chairman and judges of the Constitutional Court, the chairpersons and members of the Central Election Commission, and the Supreme Audit Chamber. Until the new composition of the Constitutional Court is formed, its chairman and judges, as well as the chairman and members of the Central Election Commission and the Supreme Audit Chamber, appointed in accordance with the Constitution of August 30, 1995, retain their powers.
In addition, the chairman of the Supreme Court, the chairman of the National Bank, the Attorney General, the chairman of the National Security Committee, the chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, and the ombudsman for human rights must be appointed within two months after the Constitution comes into force.
Judges of the Supreme Court, local and other courts, deputies of maslikhats, and other officials elected or appointed in accordance with the Constitution of August 30, 1995, continue to perform their duties until their powers are legally terminated as provided by the Constitution and laws.
