CIS member state The Civic Party of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан азаматтық партиясы, romanized: Qazaqstan Azamattyq Partııasy, QAP; Russian: Гражданская партия Казахстана) is a defunct political party in Kazakhstan that was led by First Secretary Azat Peruashev.
[3][4] The QAP advocated the construction of a democratic rule of law, the formation of civil society institutions, the strengthening and development of statehood.
Most of the members of the QAP consisted of workers and employees of the largest enterprises of the mining and metallurgical industries.
[5] The QAP won one seat in the 1999 legislative elections from a single-member constituency and 2 from the party list.
Nazarbayev said there should be fewer, stronger parties that "efficiently defend the interests of the population.