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• 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. […]

  4/11/11 • (2)

• A Transparent PM

  Prime Minister Karim Masimov announced the other day that he is setting up a new section on his blog to rate the effectiveness of government workers. It isn’t clear exactly what role the blog will play in this or what he will put up, but as of yet the transparency section, as Masimov is calling […]

  4/09/11 • (2)

• 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.

  4/08/11 • (Comments Off on Inauguration and Meeting)

• KazPad

  I had heard that Massimov asked the cabinet of Ministers to buy iPads but hadn’t realized it had started a mad trend. While I don’t think it’s a bad idea for the government to embrace technology, the reason given (that he wants to send them messages at any time) doesn’t seem to justify the expense. […]

  12/17/10 • (5)

• Halloween is Not a Kazakh Tradition

  Zakon.kz is reporting that a member of Parliament has written a letter to the Prime Minister asking for a ban on Halloween [RU]. Kurmangali Uali wrote to Karim Massimov, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and to the Head of the KNB asking the government to actions to ban Halloween, citing the lack of roots in […]

  11/16/10 • (8)

• Nothing Happened

  So despite the rumors, another Astana Day/President’s Birthday passed and 1) Nazarbayev did not step down or announce his plans to do so, 2) Massimov, the Prime Minister, was not dismissed, 3) No ministers were fired or radical new reforms to the government announced. The two most exciting things to happen were the opening of […]

  7/08/10 • (Comments Off on Nothing Happened)

• Kazakhstan Buys Controlling Shares in Banks; Seeks to Sell Them

  As part of its bailout project, the Kazakhstan government had planned to buy assets in commercial banks. After negotiations with Halyk Bank and Kazkommerstbank to take government money, attention has turned to BTA and Alliance Bank. Samruk-Kazyna, the newly formed holding that combines development holding Kazyna and Samruk holding, which owned the largest and most […]

  2/03/09 • (Comments Off on Kazakhstan Buys Controlling Shares in Banks; Seeks to Sell Them)

• What Did We Expect?

  As Adam Kesher at Neweurasia[ru] (English translation here points out, Masimov’s blog is the hottest topic in the Kazakhstan blogosphere. I’ve written about this here Karim Massimov: Prime Minister, Blogger and here More Blogs on the Way?. One big complaint is that Massimov’s blog doesn’t appear to be personal. In fact most entries are videos […]

  1/17/09 • (Comments Off on What Did We Expect?)

• More Blogs on the Way?

  Following up on the launch of Masimov’s own blog, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan has ordered all the ministers to start blogs. He apparently sees it as a great way to connect to people and to address concerns. Masimov himself has launched an investigation into the quality of tap water following complaints in comments on […]

  1/13/09 • (1)

• Karim Massimov: Prime Minister, Blogger

  Although they say Barack Obama may be the first President to keep a blog, Karim Massimov may be the world’s first Prime Minister to blog. Massimov’s blog is on the government.kz domain and appears to use BlogEngine, an open-source blogging software. That’s a good sign that the PM, or his advisers, are pretty hip to […]

  1/10/09 • (2)

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