The parliament of Kazakhstan elected Alikhan Smailov as the new prime minister on Tuesday.
The 49-year-old official previously served as Kazakhstan’s finance minister from 2018 to 2020. In 2019, he became the first deputy prime minister in the Cabinet which was dismissed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during last week’s violent protests in the country that began over spiraling fuel prices.
Foreign troops are also set to withdraw from the country, Tokayev told parliament on Tuesday. “The main mission of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) troops has been completed,” he said.