Incumbent Kazakhstan President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev, dismissed the daughter of ex-President Nursultan Nazarbayev – Darigà from her position of a speaker of the Senate, however the reasons for this decision were not revealed publicly. He also thanked her for “active and fruitful work” in her capacity as a speaker in a Tweet on his official micro…
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev leads Kazakhstan
The speaker of the Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (65) will become an acting head of state in Kazakhstan until next presidential elections scheduled for December 2020. The shift of power to the speaker has been done in accordance with the Constitution, declared by resigning President Nazarbayev, who ruled the country for three decades. “Tokayev is the very person that we can…
Kazakhstan President resigns
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev (78) will step down. Nursultan Nazarbayev has been in office since 1990. #Kazakhstan's president Nursultan #Nazarbayev resigns after almost 30 years in power https://t.co/EfMFgsTUAV pic.twitter.com/2SHStUXPen — RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2019 President Nazarbayev, who has ruled Kazakhstan since the fall of the Soviet Union, announced on March 19 that he would resign his…