One of the son-in-laws of the former president of Kazakhstan announced today his resignation from the presidency of the most important business association in the country, a few days after the bloody riots in the country.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided today to step down as chairman of the board of the Atameken National Association of Entrepreneurs,” 55-year-old billionaire Timur Kulimbayev said in a statement on the union’s website.
Kulimbayev is the wife of Dinara Kulimbageva, one of the daughters of the former president of Kazakhstan, 81-year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The couple controls the large Halyk Bank and has a key position in the key oil sector. Kulibayev is considered one of the richest businessmen in Kazakhstan.
He did not elaborate on the reasons for his resignation, but urged the union to remain committed to its priorities, as outlined by Kazakh President Kassim-Yomart Tokayev in a speech to lawmakers and governors last week.
At the same time, today Samat Abis, nephew of Nazarbayev, who was second in the hierarchy of the National Security Committee, was dismissed from his position, as announced by the presidency.
On January 5, amid unrest in the country, Tokayev took over the chairmanship of the commission after ousting Karim Massimov, a close associate of Nazarbayev, who was also arrested on suspicion of treason. At the same time, the Kazakh president appointed a new vice president, without immediately dismissing Abis.
On Saturday, two of Nazarbayev’s other sons-in-law were fired from the boards of two major energy companies: Dimakh Doshanov resigned as chairman of the state oil company KazTransOil and Kairat Saribayev as chairman of the state-owned Qazaz company.
Nazarbayev was considered the most powerful politician in Kazakhstan even after his resignation in 2019, but he has not appeared in public since the beginning of the unrest in the country.
As part of the crackdown, the deadliest in Kazakhstan in 30 years, 225 people were killed and about 10,000 arrested.
The demonstrations began on January 2 after the announcement of the rise in fuel prices in the country. Tokayev blamed several companies, including QazaqGaz, for the crisis.
Until the outbreak of the protests, the succession of Nazarbayev, who ruled Kazakhstan with an iron fist for 30 years, was considered successful.
But the crisis has revealed problems at the heart of the ruling elite, with Tokayev attacking Nazarbayev in an unprecedented manner last Tuesday, accusing him of favoring the creation of a “rich caste”.
SOURCE: AMPE
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