Kazakhstan was elected the new speaker of the Senate of the Republic. Instead left the Senate first daughter of the President Dariga Nazarbayeva took the position of Director Maulen Ashimbayev, who was the first Deputy head of presidential administration of the Republic.The position of speaker of the Senate is, in fact, second post in Kazakhstan. According to the Constitution, in case of resignation or inability of the President to perform his duties by the head of the Senate becomes the interim leader of the country.His political career Maulen Ashimbayev began in 1994 as assistant Deputy. He later worked at the analytical center of the security Council of the Republic, was Director of the Kazakhstan Institute for strategic studies under the President of Kazakhstan, and then — Deputy Secretary of security Council of the Republic and the Deputy head of the presidential administration (2006-2011). He was twice elected to the lower house of Parliament from the ruling party “Nur Otan”.Last spring, Mr. Chairman, headed the election headquarters of the incumbent President of the Republic of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and then took up a position in his administration. It is noteworthy that the Ph. D. dissertation of Mr. Ashimbayev, which he defended in 2001, was “Political transit in Kazakhstan in the context of processes of global democratization”.Saturday, may 2, Dariga Nazarbayeva was deprived of office of a member of the Senate. The reason of its resignation is not called. The President of Kazakhstan on Twitter expressed to Ms. Nazarbayeva’s “gratitude for the active and fruitful work”.Dariga Nazarbayeva, the eldest daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev. She was the speaker of the Senate from March 2019, in September, it was re-elected to this position. Prior to that, Ms. Nazarbayev headed the house Committee on international Affairs, defense and security. Details — in the material “Kommersant” “the daughter of the leader of the nation was pushed from power”. Kirill Krivosheev
