Kazakh President Nazarbayev agrees to run in snap presidential election
Long-time Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced his intention to run in upcoming April 26 snap presidential elections, Sputnik reports.
“I’ll probably agree with you on nominating my candidacy,” Nazarbayev said during a Nur Otan political party meeting.
Nazarbayev, 74, has been the president of Kazakhstan since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. He was reelected to his fourth consecutive term in April 2011.
The elections were set to take place next year, but Nazarbayev changed the date last month, explaining the move as a requirement to avoid political instability amid a global economic crisis.