Question: Recently, Mr. Alikhan Smailov elected as the new Prime Minister of which of the following country?
a) Kazakhstan
b) Turkmenistan
c) Uzbekistan
d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- On January 11, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev named Alikhan Smailov for Prime Minister.
- Kazakhstan’s parliament has unanimously accepted the election of Alikhan Smailov as the country’s new Prime Minister.
- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev nominated Smailov on 11 January, 2022.
- It should be noted that Smailov, 49, served as the country’s finance minister from 2018 until 2020.
- In 2019, he was appointed as the Cabinet’s first deputy prime minister.
- Smailov was the first deputy prime minister in Tokayev’s last administration, which was dissolved last week amid protests in the oil-rich Central Asian country.
By – Rajesh Tripathi