new prime minister of kazakhstan

• Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree appointing Olzhas Bektenov as the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

• The former head of the Presidential Executive Office assumed this new role after being relieved of his post.

• At the plenary meeting of the Majlis, the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Bektenov's candidacy, nominated by the Amanat party, received significant support from the majority of deputies.

• Alikhan Smylov, who had been serving as Prime Minister since January 2022, resigned.

• On February 5, President Tokayev signed a decree dismissing the government, ending Alikhan Smylov's tenure as Prime Minister.