Kazakhstan Appoints a New Government

Kazakhstan Keeps Discussion of Political Repression Firmly in the Past

Olzhas Bektenov is Kazakhstan’s new prime minister, but he will work with a similar ministerial team as his predecessor, according to the appointments that followed.  The ruling Amanat party proposed Bektenov after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev fired the government on February 5, ahead of a plenary government session in parliament. Bektenov, 43, has had a long … Read more