President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart TokayevNUR-SULTAN, Feb. 3 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev suggested that deputies of the senate (upper house) of parliament appoint Galymzhan Pirmatov, who previously held the post of chairman of the board of NAC Kazatomprom JSC, to the post of head of the National Bank, said Timur Suleimenov, first deputy head of the presidential administration. According to the constitution, the president of Kazakhstan is to appoint the chairman of the National Bank must obtain the consent of the Senate of the Parliament. The position of the head of the National Bank became vacant after the former head of this department, Yerbolat Dosaev, headed the akimat (mayor's office) of Alma-Ata on January 31. for the appointment of Galymzhan Olzhaevich Pirmatov as Chairman of the National Bank,» Suleimenov said. at a meeting of the chamber on Thursday. The meeting was broadcast on the website of the chamber.
