Events in the year 1996 in Kazakhstan.
Incumbents President: Nursultan Nazarbayev Prime Minister: Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Events
May May 23 – The L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University was established.
July July 19 – Kazakhstan takes part in the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta as an independent country for the first time.
August August 16 – 13 athletes from Kazakhstan take part in the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta.
November November 8 – The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) visits Almaty during his royal tour of Central Asia.Bilateral relations
December December 16 – The first military parade in honour of the Independence Day of Kazakhstan was held on the Republic Square in Almaty. December 17 – The Suleyman Demirel University was opened by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, and former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel.
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