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Article: With First Son's New Role, Kyrgyz Government Remains A Family Affair.
- Article from:
- Times of Central Asia
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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BISHKEK, November 09, 2009 (TCA) -- When Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev put the finishing touches on his restructured government last week, he entrusted the country's future economic course to a person he has known for decades -- his youngest son.
Thirty-two-year-old Maksim Bakiev now heads the Central Agency for Development, Investment, and Innovation -- a newly formed agency that will essentially run the sluggish Kyrgyz economy.During a press conference in Bishkek on November 2, the young Bakiev explained that a new approach was needed because the government, heavily burdened with running the country and making decisions on current issues, had little time to ...