Adilbek Zhaksybekov appointed head of Kazakh presidential administration

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev named Adilbek Zhaksybekov as his new chief of staff on Tuesday, replacing Nurlan Nigmatullin, the press service of the President of Kazakhstan said.

Zhaksybekov, 61, has previously served as the mayor of the Kazakh capital, Astana. 

Nigmatullin, in turn, became a member of parliament on Tuesday, representing Nazarbayev’s Nur Otan party.