§ KZ Const. Art. 87(untitled)

1. Local executive bodies are included in the unified system of executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and ensure the implementation of the state-wide policy of the executive power in combination with the interests and development needs of the relevant territory.
2. The jurisdiction of local executive bodies includes:
1) the development of plans, economic and social development programs of the territory, and local budget, including ensuring their implementation;
2) the management of communal property;
3) the appointment and dismissal of heads of local executive bodies, and the solution of other issues related to the organization of work of local executive bodies;
4) the implementation in the interests of the local government of other powers imposed on local executive bodies by the legislation of the Republic.
3. Each local executive body is headed by the Akim (Mayor) of the relevant administrative and territorial unit, which is the representative of the President and the Government of the Republic.
4. Akims of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital shall be appointed by the President of the Republic with the consent of deputies of maslikhats located on the territory of the region, or deputies of maslikhats of cities of republican significance and the capital, respectively.
The President of the Republic shall propose at least two candidates for which a vote is held. The candidate who received the most votes of the deputies of the maslikhats, taken part in the voting shall be considered to have received consent.
Akims of other administrative-territorial units shall be appointed or elected to the position, as well as dismissed from the position in the manner prescribed by law. The President of the Republic shall have the right, at his/her own discretion, to dismiss akims of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital.
5. On the initiative of at least one-fifth of the total number of Maslikhat deputies, the question of expressing a vote of no confidence in the Akim may be raised. In this case, the maslikhat, by a majority vote of the total number of its deputies shall have the right to express no confidence in the akim and raise the issue of his/her dismissal from the position, respectively, before the President of the Republic in relation to akims of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital, or by a higher akim in relation to akims of other administrative-territorial units. Powers of Akims of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital shall be terminated when the newly elected President of the Republic takes office.
6. The competence of local executive bodies, the organization and the procedure for their activities shall be established by law.
Footnote. Article 87 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07.10.1998 No. 284-I; dated 21.05.2007 No. 254-III (shall be enforced from the date of its official publication); dated 10.03.2017 No. 51-VI (shall be enforced from the date of its first official publication); dated 08.06.2022 (shall be enforced from 08.06.2022).