BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 8. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed Dauren Kosanov as the new Minister of Defense, Trend reports via Kazakhstan's president press service.
"By decree of the Head of State, Dauren Zhumatayevich Kosanov was appointed Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan," the statement reads.
Earlier President Tokayev dismissed Ruslan Zhaksylykov, who held the post of Minister of Defense.