The nomination

The Kazakh parliament on 26 January unanimously approved the nomination of Anvar Saidenov as chairman of the National Bank, gazeta.kz reported. Previous National Bank Chairman Grigorii Marchenko was appointed first deputy prime minister on 6 January, in charge of overseeing the financial sector and the economy. Commenting on Saidenov's confirmation, President Nursultan Nazarbaev noted that the country's financial system and the National Bank have received high marks from international financial institutions. Marchenko described his successor as one of Kazakhstan's best financial specialists.