VOL. XLII

No 40

4-October-1999

FSU

Kazak PM Balgimbayev Resigns, Will Return To Kazakoil

Kazakstan痴 Prime Minister, Mr. Nurlan Balgimbayev, resignedon 1 October and will return to his former post as President of the state-ownedoil and gas company Kazakoil. Mr. Balgimbayev became Prime Minister on 10October 1997 (MEES, 20 October 1997) after serving as President ofKazakoil since March 1997 when the company was formed to replace the oil andgas ministry, where Mr. Balgimbayev had served as minister...