30 Mar 2023 09:48

Alikhan Smailov reappointed as Kazakh PM

ASTANA. March 30 (Interfax) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a decree appointing Alikhan Smailov to the post of prime minister.

The decree published on the presidential website orders that "Alikhan Askhanovich Smailov be appointed as prime minister of Kazakhstan."

Earlier on Thursday, the lower chamber of the Kazakh parliament at its plenary session voted 82-7 with eight abstentions to give the green light to the president to reappoint Smailov to the post of prime minister.

Under the constitution, the Kazakh government resigned on Wednesday following the recent parliamentary elections.

Smailov, 49, became prime minister on January 11, 2022, immediately after the January events in Kazakhstan.