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Kazakh President Strips Former Leader’s Daughter of Powers

Dariga Nazarbayeva

Dariga Nazarbayeva

Photographer: Valery Sharifulin/TASS via Getty Images

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev relieved Dariga Nazarbayeva, the eldest daughter of the former president, of her seat in the Senate, according to the presidential website.

In her post of speaker of the Senate, which is the upper chamber of parliament, Nazarbayeva was second in line to become president in case of the incumbent’s incapacity, resignation or sudden death.