Kazakhstan’s prime
minister, whole cabinet resign
Apr
022014
Kazakhstan’s Prime
Minister Serik Akhmetov and his entire government resigned Wednesday, the
authorities in the Central Asian country said.
Akhmetov told a cabinet
meeting that his resignation had been granted by President Nursultan
Nazarbayev, the government of the oil-exporting country said.
No reason was given for
Akhmetov’s abrupt dismissal, but President Nazarbayev has broad powers to
change prime ministers at his choosing.
His press-service said on
Twitter that the Kazakh leader has already proposed that former premier Karim
Masimov takes up the role again.
“According to the
Constitution, the dismissal of the prime minister is followed by the
resignation of the entire government,” the government press service said in a
statement on its website.
Akhmetov, 55, worked in the
metal industry before becoming deputy mayor of Astana, the capital of
Kazakhstan.
He served in various
government posts and was appointed to the premiership in September 2012,
succeeding Masimov, who served five years before him.
April/02/2014
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