<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassym-Jomart_Tokayev" id="mwATU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kassym-Jomart Tokayev">Kassym-Jomart Tokayev</a> is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursultan_Nazarbayev" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nursultan Nazarbayev">Nursultan Nazarbayev</a>.<sup about="#mwt46" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_20#cite_note-7" id="mwATc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATg">[7]</span></a></sup>
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