VOL. XLII

No. 35

30-August-1999

FSU

Kazakoil President Removed For Opposing Sale Of Government痴Tengiz Shares

The head of Kazakstan痴 state-owned oil company Kazakoil,Mr. Nurlan Kapparov, was dismissed from his post on 23 August and replaced withthe company痴 first vice-president Uzakbay Karabalin. A decision signed by thecountry痴 Prime Minister, Mr. Nurlan Balgimbayev, dismissing Kazakoil痴president said that "Kapparov is being fired for exceeding his brief in anumber of strategically important...