Daniyar Akishev has been appointed the new chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh president's office announced.
Akishev's candidacy was unanimously supported. To date, he has served as the acting assistant to the head of the department of social and economic monitoring of the Presidential Administration.
From 1996, Daniyar Akishev worked at the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan in different positions. In 2007 he was appointed the Deputy Chairman of the National Bank.
The position of Chairman of the National Bank was previously held by Kairat Kelimbetov.
