Dariga Nazarbayeva: Kazakhstan’s understudy president | Financial Times:
Three years ago, Kazakhstan’s then-president Nursultan Nazarbayev made it clear that he thought his country was ready for a female head of state. “This is possible,” he said. “Given that I have three daughters, I have a special attitude to women.”
This week, his prophecy began to take shape. Mr Nazarbayev, 78, unexpectedly announced he would resign from office after almost three decades in charge, and appointed his eldest daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva as Speaker of the country’s Senate, a role that occupies second place in the line of succession.
“Let me thank you again for your trust and assure you that I will apply all my knowledge and experience to achieve the goals and objectives set,” Ms Nazarbayeva said on Wednesday. Should acting president Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev die in office or resign, Ms Nazarbayeva would succeed him as the country’s first female president. Or she may win power at a presidential election scheduled for next year.
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