Tokayev replaced the head of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan after the protests

Kazakh President Tokayev Appoints Commander of National Guard as New Head of Defense Ministry

Kazakh President Kassym-Jokart Tokayev dismissed the head of the country’s Defense Ministry, Murat Bektanov. Decree about it published on the website of the head of state.

Tokayev appointed Ruslan Zhaksylykov as head of the military department. “To appoint Ruslan Fatihovich Zhaksylykov as the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan,” the statement says. decree president.

Previously, Zhaksylykov served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard. The vacant position was taken by Yerkin Botakanov.

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