PERSONNEL SHIFTS IN KAZAKHSTAN: RADITIONAL ROTATION OR A NEW POLITICAL COURSE? Kadyrjan SMAGULOV
Abstract
The author analyzes the personnel shifts in 2012 and during the first month of 2013 in the Republic of Kazakhstan to point out that despite the scope (the government, local executive structures, and central state security services received new people), the country’s state administration bodies did not undergo any rejuvenation. Furthermore, the personnel shifts in the defense and security structures (the police investigation departments in particular) show that the country’s leaders attach particular importance to the processes going on inside the country and want to keep them under control. Ten regions received new akims (heads of the administrative-territorial units) who, when appointed, were warned about sorts where deputies either await a new appointment or live out the remaining days of their political career. The 2012-2013 rotations are described as the first steps toward implementing a new program called the Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy. The political priorities and implementation methods, however, will never change: the president remains in charge of everything up to and including the choice of prime minister.
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