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Politics

Kazakh leader to seek second term in snap election

FILE PHOTO: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev plans to call an early election in the coming months in which he will run, he told parliament in an annual address.

Tokayev also proposed holding snap parliamentary elections early next year.

(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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