Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the chairman of the Kazakh Senate, was officially sworn in as acting president on March 20, RFE/RL reported. Meanwhile, Dariga Nazarbayeva, the eldest daughter of outgoing President Nursultan Nazarbayev, was appointed as the speaker of the Senate to replace Tokayev.
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