APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from August 2003

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from August 2003

KAZAKHASTAN - The Non-OPEC Countries - Part 8.
August 25, 2003... President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his family control, directly or indirectly, virtually everything of significance in Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev has concentrated all decision making power on important matters in his hands, and those of a small...

KAZAKHASTAN - Profile - Nursultan Nazarbayev.
August 25, 2003... Elected president with 99% of the vote on Dec. 1, 1991, with himself the only candidate, Nazarbayev rules a country the size of west Europe. Initially he was one of the more democratic of the Central Asian rulers. But he has steadily expanded...

KAZAKHASTAN -Profile - Daniyal Akhmetov.
August 25, 2003... The prime minister's post in Kazakhstan has been compared to a "revolving door", with Akhmetov being the seventh prime minister of the country. Formerly the "akim" (governor) of Pavlodar Oblast, he was presented to a joint session of the Kazakh...

KAZAKHASTAN -Profile - Vladimir Shkolnik.
August 25, 2003... The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Vladimir Shkolnik is an ethnic Russian formally in charge of the petroleum sector. But with little experience in petroleum, he has far less authority in this sector than the top management of...

KAZAKHASTAN - Profile - Lyazzat Kiinov.
August 25, 2003... Made KazMunaiGaz (KMG) President in February 2002 as KazakhOil and TNG were merged, Kiinov has since become a powerful decision maker in the petroleum sector. But his powers depend more on the co-operation of KMG's First Vice President...