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June 5, 2022

On June 5, 2022, a constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government. The year's #1 song was "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals.

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2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.

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On June 5, 2022

  1. 2022 A constitutional referendum is held in Kazakhstan following violent protests and civil unrest against the government.

    Republican referendum in Kazakhstan

    A constitutional referendum, locally called the republican referendum, was held in Kazakhstan on 5 June 2022. It was the third referendum since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, and the first since the 1995 referendum that established the second constitution. The amendments followed violent civil unrest in early January caused by worsening economic conditions and subsequent calls for rapid political reform.

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