President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns after three decades | World News, The Indian Express

President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns after three decades | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Almaty, Kazakhstan |Published: March 19, 2019 7:30:29 pm

President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns after three decades

Nazarbayev, 78, has led the former Soviet republic since 1989, first as its Communist leader and then as president.

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev writes during a televised address to inform of his resignation in Astana, Kazakhstan March 19, 2019. (Source: Kazakh Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan, said on Tuesday that he was resigning as the oil-rich Central Asian nation’s leader after three decades in power.