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Kazakh president calls early parliamentary election for March

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev takes the oath during an inauguration ceremony in Astana, Kazakstan November 26, 2022. Press service of the President of Kazakhstan/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dissolved the lower house of parliament on Thursday and called a snap election on March 19, his office said.

Tokayev has said earlier he would dissolve the chamber, elected in 2021, after overseeing a constitutional reform.

(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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