| 10 Dec 1991 |
the name of the state is changed in accordance with a law passed by the Supreme Council (Joğarğy Keñes | Жоғарғы Кеңес) of the Kazakh SSR on 10 Dec 1991 and promulgated on the same day (Egemen Qazaqstan, No. 284, 11 Dec 1991, p. 1) |
| 10 Dec 1991 - |
Qazaqstan Respublikasy (Қазақстан Республикасы) | Republic of Kazakhstan [1] |
| 16 Dec 1991 |
Kazakhstan is proclaimed an independent state in accordance with a constitutional law passed by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 16 Dec 1991 and promulgated on the same day (Egemen Qazaqstan, No. 290, 18 Dec 1991, p. 1) |
