Kazakhstan's president abruptly resigns after spending nearly 30 years in office
The 78-year-old said in a televised address to the oil-rich nation that he has taken the “difficult” decision to terminate his authority as president, effective on Wednesday.
“It was an honour for me to serve the people,” he said. “I have worked hard to fulfil the nation's will.” He said that upper house speaker Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will serve as the interim head of state in line with the constitution until a new election is held. Nazarbayev came to lead Kazakhstan in 1989 as its Communist Party chief when it was part of the Soviet Union. and was first elected president weeks before the 1991 Soviet collapse.He took nearly 98 per cent of the vote in the most recent election, in 2015, when elected for another five-year term.
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