Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 29
By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:
The Kazakh government has resigned in accordance with the law, the press-service of the president of Kazakhstan said.
The message said that the newly elected President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of the Cabinet Ministers.
The Cabinet Ministers of Kazakhstan will carry out its duties until the approval of the new government.
Kazakhstan held its presidential election on April 26.
Kazakhstan's incumbent president, Nursultan Nazarbayev nominated by the ruling Nur Otan Party, the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist People's Party, Turgun Syzdykov nominated from this party and self-nominated candidate - the chairman of the Trade Unions Federation, Abelgazi Kusainov - were running for the president's position.
The CEC final data said some 8.83 million people voted for Nazarbayev, which is 97.75 percent of the votes.
The other two candidates - Abelgazi Kusainov and Turgun Syzdykov gathered 0.64 and 1.61 percent of votes, respectively.
The voter turnout in the election was 95.22 percent, according to the final data.
Edited by CN
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