Аннотация
The purposes of the research are to identify the problems of the legal status of the President in the system of public authorities and develop proposals for their solution. The article analyzes the development of the theory of separation of powers and the legal status of the head of state, presents different positions on the position of the head of state in the system of public authorities. The results of the research, the author came to the conclusion that the head of state in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation occupies a central position and this does not contradict the principle of separation of powers.