Video: Tokayev Assumes Duties as Acting President Following Nazarbayev's Resignation

Less than a full day has passed since the resignation of Kazakhstan's longest-serving leader in the post-Soviet space, but he already has a successor.

Today, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, 65, the Speaker of the upper house of Kazakhstan's Parliament, took the oath of office to assume the duties of the acting president, according to РИА «Новости».

Recall that we previously reported on Nursultan Nazarbayev's resignation.