(MENAFN) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has declared his sudden resignation on Tuesday, after nearly three decades of leadership in the country.
He said: "As the founder of an independent Kazakh state, I see my future task in ensuring a new generation of leaders coming to power who will continue the transformations being carried out in the country."
He also said he would maintain the post of the head of the country's Security Council and leader of the Nur Otan party, and remain a member of the Constitutional Council.
Nazarbayev added that Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, speaker of the upper house of parliament, will replace Kazakhstan's acting president for the rest of his term in line with the constitution.
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