An ally of President Tokayev became the Speaker of the Senate of Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, Maulen Ashimbaev, who had previously been the first deputy head of the presidential administration, was elected to the post of speaker of the Senate. The head of the Senate, the daughter of the first president of the country, Dariga Nazarbayeva, was stripped of her powers on May 2. Kommersant notes that the post of speaker of the Senate is, in fact, the second post in Kazakhstan.