The "Nur Otan" Democratic People's Party (Kazakh: "Нұр Отан" Халықтық Демократиялық Партиясы), called simply Nur Otan (Kazakh: Нұр Отан, "Radiant Fatherland"), is the largest political party in Kazakhstan with over 762,000 members. Since 2007 it is headed by President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev Nazarbayev's predecessor in the party was Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov. The party's First Deputy Chairman is Bauyrzhan Baibek.