Kazakhstan: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, a loyalist president who advocates continuity

Throughout his political career, he has privileged loyalty to personal ambitions. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, elected president of Kazakhstan on Sunday, moved to the head of the Central Asian country with the promise to continue the path traced by his mentor, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
At the age of 66, Mr Tokayev replaced the indestructible Nazarbayev as interim head of this vast country in March after the surprise announcement of his resignation after three decades in power. The then president of the Senate immediately convened an early presidential election.
Invested soon after as a candidate with the support of his mentor, he had little doubt that he would be the new president of a country that has not experienced any elections deemed free or fair by international observers....