“Because the position of the Senate speaker is important. Nursultan Nazarbayev's power was rooted in the period before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The head of state security, 53-year-old Karim Masimov, is also a close Nazarbayev confidant. The appointment of his eldest daughter, 55, could go in this direction, after years of rumors of the ex-president's wish to leave power. Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov and Mariya Gordeyeva; Editing by Hugh Lawson. Tokayev, then interim president, won the central Asian country's presidential election with 70.96 percent of the vote in June last year. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has "terminated the powers" of Nazarbayeva in a decree, Tokayev's office said in a brief statement, without providing details. Nazarbayev, who helped attract tens of billions of dollars from foreign energy companies and more than tripled Kazakh oil output, said he would continue to chair the Security Council and remain leader of the Nur Otan party which dominates parliament. Nazarbayeva had been appointed a senate deputy by Tokayev, who also nominated her for the speaker post. On the release of Dariga Nazarbayeva from the post of speaker of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, it became known earlier on Saturday, 2 may. He has since managed to maintain close ties with Russia, the West, and China, Kazakhstan's giant eastern neighbor. Experts believe that Dariga Nazarbayeva will succeed her father. He has a doctoral degree in economics and was conferred an honorary doctoral degree by Peking University in 2002. Nazarbayev's daughter gets Kazakhstan's No.2 role after his resignationTokayev was speaker until March 2019 when Nursultan Nazarbayev abruptly resigned after almost three decades in power. So he reacted to the situation the first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on … #NK: Borrell warns against xenophobic rhetoric, TORNA FRANTOI APERTI IN UMBRIA L’EVENTO ENOGASTRONOMICO PRECURSORE DEL TURISMO ESPERIENZIALE IN ITALIA, Abbazia di Novacella presenta la nuova annata di Praepositus, I rossi di Cantina di Soave premiati nei concorsi 2020, Vendemmia 2020: Col Vetoraz fa il punto sull’annata, CONSORZIO VINI COLLI BOLOGNESI:“TRE BICCHIERI” GAMBERO ROSSO, Terminata la vendemmia per il Primitivo di Manduria: è una delle migliori La resa è di circa il 35 – 40% in meno, #NK: Borrell warns against xenophobic rhetoric, SAKHAROV 2020: Belarus democratic opposition, Armenia accuses Turkey in terrorism export. ( Log Out /  Dariga Nazarbayeva, the eldest daughter of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, was elected speaker of the upper house of parliament on Wednesday, the No.2 position in Kazakhstan, after the previous speaker Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took over as the acting president. So he reacted to the situation the first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Konstantin Zatulin, reports RIA Novosti. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. According to Kazakhstan political scientist Dosym Satpayev, Tokaev’s decree on the termination of powers of speaker Dariga Nazarbayeva is a reflection of the tension within the country’s political elite, which has been observed since last year.