Former railways chief appointed as Kazakhstan's new transport minister

ALMATY. June 30 (Interfax) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed Nurlan Saurambayev, former head of the national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), as the country's new transport minister, according to a presidential decree published Monday.

Saurambayev, 58, had led KTZ since April 2021. His extensive government experience includes serving as deputy minister of industry and new technologies, deputy defense minister, mayor of Shymkent, and head of the state control and organizational-territorial department in the presidential administration.

Saurambayev replaces Marat Karabayev, who served as transport minister since September 2023 before being dismissed on June 8.