The President of Kazakhstan reshape the government's structure
13.10.99 00:00
/REUTERS, Almaty office, October 13, 99/ - According to the document,
which is possessed by REUTERS, the President of Kazakhstan again
reforms structure of the government. The decrees of the President will be
published in an official press tomorrow.
The Agency of economic planning at the Ministry of Finance is transformed
into the Ministry of Economy.
Instead of the Agency of strategic planning and reforms the Agency of
strategic planning, , which submits directly to the President of Kazakhstan
will be created (financial and economic responsibilities were handed over to
the new Ministry of Economy).
The Ministry of power, industry and trade will now supervise also atomic
engineering and space researches.
The earlier existing Ministry of transport, communications and tourism has
lost the control above the tourism, which, together with sports was handed
over to the separate Agency of tourism and sports.
The Ministry of public health services, education, science and high education
created in the beginning of 1999, was split into Ministry of education and the
Agency of public health services.
The Agency of protection of competitiveness and the Agency of natural
monopolies activity regulation and small business were merged in one.
Last time redistribution of functions and responsibilities in the government
were made in January 1999, when after presidential election Nursultan
Nazarbaev prolonged a work of the Nurlan Balgimbaev government, which
was dismissed of October 1.
The new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan f Kasymzhomart Tokaev yesterday
was authorized by Parliament.