URGENT: 1st Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan appointed

KARAGANDA REGION. January 20. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ "Ex-governor of Karaganda region Serik Akhmetov is appointed  1st Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan," Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov told introducing today new head of Karaganda region Abilgazi Kussainov.

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Serik Akhmetov was born on June 25, 1958 in Karaganda region.

September 2006-november 2009 - acted as Transport and Communications Minister of Kazakhstan.

Since November 2009 ahs been working as governor of Karaganda region.