Ex-governor of Kuzbass Aman Tuleyev died at the age of 79

Well-known politician, ethnic Kazakh Aman Tuleyev, who headed Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation for 20 years until 2018, had passed away at the age of 79, Kazinform Agency cites TASS.

Aman Tuleyev, who led Kemerevo region between 1997 and 2018, has passed away. It is an irreparable loss, the post of head of the region Sergey Tsivilev on his VKontakte official account reads.