Kazakhstan elected new leader
11, Jun 2019
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CONTEXT
- Kazakhstan elected the successor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev with 70% of the vote.
- The victory of Kassym Jomart-Tokayev was never in doubt after he received the blessing of powerful Nazarbayev.
- His nearest opposition rival Amirzhan Kosanov had around 15%.