Dania Espaeva 2019 presidential campaign

Dania Espaeva for President
Campaigned for	2019 Kazakh presidential election
Candidate	Dania Espaeva ; Member of the Mazhilis (2016–present)
Affiliation	Ak Zhol
Status	Announced; 24 April 2019; Official nominee; 24 April 2019; Lost election; 9 June 2019
Slogan	Табысқа ұмтылу; ("Striving for success")

Danial Espaeva, member of the Mazhilis from 2016, was announced as a presidential nominee for the Ak Zhol Democratic Party on 24 April 2019, making her the first female in Kazakhstan history to bid for presidency. With 190 party delegates participation in the nomination, she received votes from half of the delegates while the remaining were divided among 5 men that were bidding for the nomination. This sparked controversy at the party congress to which Espaeva called it "offensive" and noted that no female in the Kazakh government has been involved in high-level corruption cases.

The Central Election Commission registered Espaeva as the candidate for the election on 3 May 2019 and announced her campaign platform on 12 May.

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