Astana-Baiterek monument in Nur-Sultan. File photoALMA-ATA, Jan 14Nephew of former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev Samat Abish continues to hold the post of first deputy chairman of the National Security Committee (KNB) of the republic, the press service of the department reported.
" ;In connection with incoming requests, we inform you that S. Abish continues to hold the post of First Deputy Chairman of the KNB of the Republic of Kazakhstan", the message on the KNB website says.
According to the media and according to the information of the directory «Who is who in Kazakhstan «, Abish is the son of the brother of the ex-president of the country Nazarbayev. Forty-three-year-old Abish graduated from the Academy of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan and the Academy of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation. From March 2013 to December 2015, he served as Deputy Chairman of the KNB. Since 2015, he has been the first deputy chairman of the committee.