Ämirschan Qossanow

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Amirjan Qosanov (2014)

Ämirschan Saghidrachmanuly Qossanow ( Kazakh Әміржан Сағидрахманұлы Қосанов ; born May 13, 1964 in Sapak , Qysylorda , Kazakhstan ) is a Kazakh politician. In the presidential election in Kazakhstan 2019 , he achieved the second-best result with 16.23%.

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Qossanow was born in the town of Sapak in the Qysylorda region in southern Kazakhstan. He trained as a journalist and was involved in the Communist Youth before the collapse of the Soviet Union . From 1984 until its provisional self-dissolution in 1991, Qossanov was a member of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan . After Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, Qossanov held several political offices: he was in charge of the press office for mass information, in 1993 he became vice-president of the State Committee for Youth, and in 1994 he moved to the Ministry of Youth, Tourism and Sport as Deputy Minister.

When Akeshan Qashygeldin became Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in October 1994 , he appointed Qossanov as his press spokesman. Qossanov held this position for three years until Qaschygeldin resigned as prime minister in 1997. The former top politician had criticized the then Kazakh President Nazarbayev and the authoritarianism in Kazakhstan and was therefore forced to leave Kazakhstan in 1998. During this time, Qossanov also switched to the opposition camp and, together with Qaschygeldin, founded the Republican Party of Kazakhstan (RNPK) . The party was committed to the democratization of Kazakhstan, but disintegrated in 2002. As a result, Qossanov joined the social democratic party OCDP, of which he became vice-president in 2005. In the following years Qosanov became involved as a political activist and organized, among other things, demonstrations in the context of the Shangaosen massacre . For this, Qosanov had to go to prison twice for short periods in 2012.

In the run-up to the 2019 presidential election, Qossanow first expressed his support for the Social Democrat Ermurat Bapi , but he was not seeking a candidacy. On April 26, Qossanov was surprisingly presented as a candidate for the national-patriotic movement Ult Tagdyry . The circumstances of his candidacy sparked discussion and sparked rumors that Qosanov's candidacy had been discussed with the ruling party Nur Otan . Qossanov countered the speculations about instrumentalization by the ruling party with an aggressive election campaign critical of the government, in which he also spoke out in favor of free elections and freedom of expression. On the other hand, Qossanov adopted a milder tone on election day. He described his result of 16%, the best that an opposition candidate in Kazakhstan has ever achieved, as a success and congratulated the election winner Toqayev on his victory with more than 70% of the vote. Despite the election, which observers described as unfair and unfree, he called for cooperation with the new president. As a result, it was again suspected that Qossanov's candidacy had taken place in consultation with Nur Otan to legitimize the election as apparently democratic.

Result in the presidential election

Overall, Qossanov achieved 16.23% of the vote, only the new President Toqayev was more successful with 70.96%. Broken down by region, his result was as follows:

region Percent of the vote
Aqmola 10.64%
Aqtobe 14.39%
Almaty (area) 16.6%
Atyrau 22.69%
East Kazakhstan 15.43%
Shambyl 16.76%
Western Kazakhstan 20.85%
Karagandy 17.49%
Qostanai 10.63%
Kyzylorda 17.32%
Mangghystau 32.73%
Pavlodar 14.33%
Northern Kazakhstan 10.26%
Turkistan 17.88%
Nur-Sultan 19.57%
Almaty 8.57%
Shymkent 18.69%

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Critics Question Aliev's Volte-Face. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Kazakhstan registers opposition politician to run for president. May 6, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .
  3. ^ ZEIT ONLINE: Kazakhstan: Transitional leader Tokayev wins presidential election . In: The time . June 10, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed June 28, 2019]).
  4. ^ Elections in Kazakhstan: the "Magnificent" Seven - Each About His Own. In: cabar.asia. May 29, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019 (UK English).
  5. ↑ Julia Tappeiner: Amirdschan Kossanow - a docile opposition? In: Novastan German. June 24, 2019, accessed on June 28, 2019 (German).
  6. ^ Results of the election. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Qossanow, Ämirschan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Qossanow, Ämirschan Saghidrachmanuly (full name); Қосанов, Әміржан Сағидрахманұлы (Kazakh)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kazakh politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Sapak