Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has governed the oil-rich ex-Soviet nation of Kazakhstan for nearly three decades, has announced his resignation.
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrives Oct. 19, 2018, for an Asia-Europe meeting at the European Council in Brussels.
Nazarbayev said in a televised address to the nation Tuesday that he had taken the"difficult" decision to terminate his authority as president, effective Wednesday. He did not give a specific reason.The 78-year-old has led Kazakhstan since 1989, when it was still part of the Soviet Union. He came to power as the Central Asian nation's Communist Party chief and was then elected president.
He took nearly 98% of the vote in the most recent election, in 2015, when elected for another five-year term. According to Kazakhstan's Constitution, the upper house speaker acts as head of state until a new president is elected.A digest of essential news, insight and analysis from L.A. Times editors.
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