Baku, Azerbaijan, March 19
Trend:
Speaker of the Kazakh senate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will execute the office of the president until a new president is elected, Trend reports via Sputnik International.
“I believe that Tokayev is the person to whom we can entrust the ruling of Kazakhstan,” said Nursultan Nazarbayev.
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his resignation on March 19.
Nazarbayev has been serving as President of Kazakhstan for 28 years, since the office was created on April 24, 1990.