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Kyrgyzstan's President appoints new prime minister

Xinhua, November 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on Friday signed a decree appointing Sooronbay Zheenbekov as the prime minister of the country, the president's press service reported.

By this decree, the Kyrgyz president also appointed new vice prime ministers and members of the new government.

On Wednesday, the Kyrgyz Parliament approved the new composition, structure and program of the government proposed by candidate for the post of Prime Minister Sooronbay Zheenbekov.

The structure of the Kyrgyz government remained the same. Small changes affected only the composition of the cabinet.

The government was forced to resign after the collapse of the coalition of parliamentary majority at the end of October. In early November, a faction of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) mandated by President Almazbek Atambayev to form the alliance, has created a new coalition and nominated Zheenbekov's candidacy for the post of prime minister. Enditem