President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev. Archival photo ALMA-ATA, January 5 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev signed a decree on the resignation of the government of the republic, acting First Deputy Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov was appointed Prime Minister.
& # 34; Accept the resignation of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. To temporarily entrust the duties of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Smailov Alikhan Askhanovich & # 34 ;, — the text of the decree says.
The document instructs the members of the government to continue performing their duties until the approval of the new cabinet. Since February 25, 2019, the government of Kazakhstan was headed by Askar Mamin. Also, according to the information on Twitter of the presidential press service, Murat Nurtleu, who as Deputy Head of Administration Tokayev. 
Kazakhstan is set on fire with the help of liquefied gas At the same time, Tokayev dismissed Secretary of State Krymbek Kusherbayev, who had held this post since September 2019. «To appoint Karin Yerlan Tynimbayuly as State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan, relieving him of the post of Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan,» reads the text of the decree. According to the constitution, the State Secretary develops proposals for the President on the main directions of domestic and foreign policy; represents the interests of the head of state in relations with the parliament and its chambers, other state bodies, public associations, as well as in international relations. In addition, the Secretary of State coordinates activities on issues of the social and humanitarian sphere, consultative and advisory bodies under the head of state — the commission on counteraction corruption, commissions on state awards, commissions on citizenship.
Along with this, the Secretary of State receives credentials from ambassadors of foreign states accredited in Kazakhstan concurrently. 
«Prices are growing, people are tired.» Because of what pogroms in Kazakhstan Protests in Kazakhstan At the beginning of the year, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau went to rallies, protesting against a twofold increase in the cost of liquefied petroleum gas. As explained in the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, from January 1, prices began to be formed on electronic exchange trading based on supply and demand. Tokayev instructed to create a commission to study the situation. On Tuesday, the authorities of the republic made concessions to the protesters: in Aktau, members of the government commission met with activists and promised to reduce the gas price to 50 tenge (0.11 dollars — Ed.) Per liter in the Mangistau region. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev also made an appeal and urged residents to show prudence and not succumb to internal and external provocations.