Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

• Kazakh leader headed for landslide victory in snap election, polls show

  Tokayev, a former foreign minister and deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, has overseen constitutional reforms which limit his own rule to two terms.

  World

  Nov 20, 2022
  
• Kazakhstan reports 225 deaths in days of violent protests

  At the request of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization sent a force of over 2,000 soldiers to act as peacekeepers.

  World

  Jan 15, 2022
  
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• Kazakhstan president says order ‘largely’ restored after days of deadly protests

  The Kazakh interior ministry said in a separate statement that 26 "armed criminals" had been "liquidated" and more than 3,000 of them detained.

  World

  Jan 7, 2022