On June 1, 1946, the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR was established in accordance with Resolution No. 439, which was adopted by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR, the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. The resolution was based on the existing branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences and was implemented as per the decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR dated October 26, 1945.
Kanysh Imantayuly Satpayev was appointed inaugural President of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR.
On March 11, 1996, by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 2895, ‘On measures to improve the system of public administration of science in the Republic of Kazakhstan’, the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Ministry of Science and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan were merged into the central executive body within the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Ministry of Science – the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Further, on February 12, 1999, the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan was formally established as a republican state institution through Presidential Decree No. 34 of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
However, in 2022, the National Academy of Sciences regained its status as a state institution. President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev made this announcement on June 1, 2022, during the National Academy of Sciences commemorative session held in honour of its 75th anniversary. He emphasized the need for the Academy to become a prominent centre of scientific thought and an authoritative institution engaged in expert activities. Therefore, enhancing the role of the Academy was deemed crucial, leading to its reinstatement as a state institution. By Decree No. 1003 of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, issued on December 14, 2022, a non-commercial joint-stock company named ‘The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan’ was established. The state holds a hundred per cent participation in the authorized capital of this company.
Subsequently, on March 27, 2023, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan issued Decree No. 152, which addressed specific issues related to the National Academy of Sciences. As per this decree, the non-commercial joint-stock company, previously known as the ‘The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan’ was renamed to ‘The National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.’
By Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 11, 2023 No. 281, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan decided to rename the non-profit joint-stock company ‘National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan’ into the non-profit joint-stock company ‘National Academy Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan’ under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.