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Timur Kulibayev, Nazarbayev's billionaire son-in-law, also
resigned on Monday as chairman of the Central Asian nation's
main business lobby group.
Nazarbayev, 81, who was considered the most powerful politician
in the oil-rich country even after stepping down in 2019, has
not appeared in public since the beginning of mass protests
early this month which evolved into the bloodiest unrest in
Kazakhstan's post-Soviet history.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who once renamed Kazakhstan's
capital city after Nazarbayev, took over the latter's role as
chairman of the security council during the unrest, putting an
end to their de facto ruling tandem.
He also appointed a new No.2 at the National Security Committee
at the time, but did not immediately sack Abish.
Last week, Tokayev said those who had made fortunes during
Nazarbayev's three-decade rule must now share them with the
public. Kazakhstan's sovereign fund on Saturday removed two of
Nazarbayev's sons-in-law from senior positions at state oil and
gas pipeline companies.
Kulibayev, who together with his wife owns Kazakhstan's biggest
bank, Halyk, did not explain why he was leaving his job at
Atameken, an influential business lobby group.
At least 225 people were killed in this month's unrest, which
engulfed half of the country and forced Tokayev to turn to a
Russia-led military bloc for help.
The authorities have detained Karim Masimov, the former head of
the National Security Committee, and two of his deputies, on
charges of treason and said the bout of violence was an
attempted coup d'etat.
(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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