Aslan Esbolaiuly Musin ( kk, Аслан Есболайұлы Мусин, ''Aslan Esbolaıuly Mýsın''; born 2 January 1954 Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA and Canada) is a retired Kazakh politician who is the former Chair of Majilis of the
Parliament of Kazakhstan
The Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Парламенті, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Parlamentı; rus, Парламент Республики Казахстан, r=Parliament Res ...
In October 2012, Musin lost his job as presidential chief of staff and was reshuffled to the role of head of Kazakhstan’s Accounts Committee. His son Aslbek Musin is the head of the leading
Quranist
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organization in the country, Izgi Amal. Личность и ислам (Начало. Интервью с Аслбеком Мусиным), nm2000.kz, Accessed March 4, 2019
India
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-based businesses active in Kazakhstan said, "Incipient trend of
the economy
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will be
oil
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and
gas
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A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...
. All oil deals have local content requirements. Setting up shop will allow Indian IT firms to secure product development, services and maintenance business from global oil majors. There is $1 billion waiting to be tapped by way of incentives and subsidized loans. Kazakhstan is an ideal springboard for Indian firms for the Russian-speaking market. This is at a much bigger scale than what has been done in
Andhra Pradesh
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and provides big potential for Indian firms at Federal and provincial levels."
Prime Minister
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on 9 January 2007. Akhmetov resigned on 8 January without explanation. Analysts attributed Akhmetov's political downfall to the President's criticism of his administrative oversight of
the economy
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Parliament
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confirmed the nomination on 10 January. Massimov appointed Akhmetov to Defense Minister, replacing
Mukhtar Altynbayev
Mukhtar Qapashuly Altynbayev (Kazakh: Мұхтар Қапашұлы Алтынбаев, ''Mūhtar Qapaşūly Altynbaev''; born December 10, 1945 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) served as the Minister of Defense and General of the Army of ...