A ministerial and cadre reorganization initiated by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev after his address to the nation on September 1 continued in the following days, with the appointment of Timur Suleimenov to head the Central Bank, Kanat Sharlapayev to head the ministry of industry, Yerzhan Sadenov as the new minister of internal affairs, Yerlan Nysanbayev to the top post at the ministry of ecology, and Svetlana Zhakupova as the new minister of labor, among others.