In order to comply with subparagraph 3) Article 44 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the aim of modernization and governance improvement I hereby resolve:
1. To establish the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Civil Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan transferring it the functions and powers:
from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the areas of interaction with religious associations, ensuring the rights of citizens to freedom of religion, as well as the interaction between the state and civil society;
from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of youth policy.
2. The Government of Kazakhstan shall provide
1) redivision of staffing levels of the reorganized and formed government bodies in coordination with the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan;
2) adoption of other measures following from the present Decree.
3. To integrate to the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan dated January 22, 1999 N6 ‘On Structure of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan’ the following additions:
in paragraph 1:
after the line ‘The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan’ to add the following line:
‘The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Civil Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan’
4. To impose control over execution of this Decree on the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
5. The present Decree comes into force from the date of signing.
The President of
the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Astana, Akorda, September 13, 2016
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