Tokayev brought both names to the chamber in the morning sitting, after the faction consultations the constitution requires for the premiership. Both passed by a majority. Neither tally had surfaced in the wires by evening, which extends the chamber's pattern: Friday's vote for speaker went unpublished too.
For Bektenov the vote turns Friday's resignation into a formality of 3 days. He stayed on in an acting capacity over the weekend and returns with a full mandate, having held the premiership since February 2024. Tokayev called him a statesman and a true professional who had run the government productively, and framed the term ahead around large-scale tasks, infrastructure among them. Kursiv quoted the reappointed premier thanking deputies and promising growth of at least 5%, with digital transformation the stated priority for 2026.
Kazakhstan's succession line now has a named occupant.
Karin becomes the first occupant of the post the new constitution created. The constitution allowed 2 months from the chamber's first sitting for the vice-presidency to be filled; it took 3 days. Vlast records his last post as first deputy head of the presidential administration. Presenting him, Tokayev spoke of broad horizons, long experience and a patriotic stance, and of a man who had carried the reform programme and understood the strategic directions of the state.
The consequential clock started with the premier's decree. Under article 3 of the law on government, a newly appointed prime minister has 10 days to propose the composition of the cabinet, which sets the deadline at 10 September. Tokayev had promised both names within a week or 10 days; the promise, dated 23 August, was kept with 2 days to spare.
What to watch now is sequence. The cabinet list is due by 10 September, with the consultative People's Council, announced for the second half of September, behind it. Kazakhstan's succession line now has a named occupant. The seat sits beside a presidency whose election calendar runs to 2029, and it was filled by a chamber where one party holds 110 of 145 seats.