New Team
News is coming out in trickles. Masimov’s blog only announces that he has proposed a new Cabinet and it has been approved by the President: “The new ministers will be presented soon.”
But Reuters reports that Kairat Kelimbetov has been named Minister of the Economy, leaving his position as head of Samruk-Kazyna Holding wide open.
And the Minister of Foreign Affairs is now Yerzhan Kazykhanov, who was deputy minister. Former Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev, will probably stay on in his other role as Government Secretary.
Asylzhan Mamytbekov, who had been head of the holding company KazAgro, will be Minister of Agriculture.
So three ministerial announcements and two big holding companies with top jobs open…
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