Timur Kulibayev’s Star Rises Even Higher
As part of the cabinet reshuffle following the presidential election, Timur Kulibayev has been named head of Samruk-Kazyna, a state holding company that controls almost all national companies including the national airline, the oil companies, KazAtomProm, telecommunications companies and the railroads. The position was opened up after Karim Kelimbetov was named Minister of the Economy.
As noted earlier, Kulibayev, son-in-law to the President and third richest man in Kazakhstan, has also been named as a possible new head of a state-sanctioned opposition party-to-be.