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| Kazakhstan prime minister quits | Kazakhstan prime minister quits |
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| Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov has resigned, the government's press office and news reports said. | Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov has resigned, the government's press office and news reports said. |
| No reason was given for the resignation, which will force the whole Cabinet to step down. | |
| The prime minister's office is much less powerful than the presidency, which Nursultan Nazarbayev has held since 1990. | The prime minister's office is much less powerful than the presidency, which Nursultan Nazarbayev has held since 1990. |
| Mr Nazarbayev has developed the country into an increasingly important supplier of oil and gas to the West. | |
| But he has also been criticised for concentrating power in the hands of his family and for failing to deliver elections deemed free and fair. |