Kazakhstan has sworn in a new interim President less than 24 hours after their previous President of thirty years suddenly resigned on Tuesday.
65-year-old Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will now serve the rest of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s term until April of next year.
President Tokayev immediately moved to rename Kazakhstan’s capital Astana to Nursultan in a tribute to the former President.
Although there is no official direct political successor to former President Nazarbayev, his eldest daughter has been appointed as Senate Speaker.