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Tag archive for ‘inauguration’

  • The Inauguration and the New Government

    The inauguration was apparently the place to be today; even the candidates who ran against Nazarbayev attended. In his speech, the President thanked the people for reelecting him and listed the world leaders who had congratulated him on his victory (conspicuously absent from the list were Obama, Ban-Ki Moon and Cameron). He also claimed that […]

  • Inauguration and Meeting

    The inauguration of Nazarbayev is tomorrow (or rather, today, since it’s past midnight), and there’s a government meeting scheduled for 11:30am after the ceremony. Presumably the Prime Minister, Ministers and Vice Ministers will officially hand in their resignations, Whether it will be announced immediately today who will be reappointed or not is not clear.