Published: 11:16PM Monday January 08, 2007
Source: Reuters
Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov has resigned,
forcing the entire government to step down, a government source
told Reuters on Monday.
"The prime minister has resigned," the source said, giving no
reason for Akhmetov's resignation.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has accepted the resignation, the
source said. Under the constitution, the prime minister's
resignation triggers the removal of the cabinet.
Kazakhstan, in Central Asia, is rich in oil and gas which it pumps
mainly to the West.
Akhmetov, 52, has been Kazakh prime minister since June 2003.
Nazarbayev, the country's leader since Soviet times, reappointed
him to the post last January.
Parliament, which according to the constitution approves the
president's nominee for prime minister, is due hold a plenary
sitting on January 10.
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