Kyrgyzstan's Akayev Reshuffles Cabinet
December 31, 2000 - 0:0
BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday with a flurry of decrees, drafting in new finance and interior ministers but keeping the defense and foreign portfolios unchanged. Akayev, installed for a third term as leader of the Central Asian state on December 9, elevated regional Governor Temirbek Akmataliyev to the head of the Finance Ministry. The president switched national security minister Tashtemir Aitbayev to run the Interior Ministry but kept Esen Topoyev at defense and Muratbek Imanaliyev at the Foreign Ministry. (Reuter)