Kazakh ex-leader Nazarbayev undergoes successful heart surgery - spokesman

FILE PHOTO: Kazakh former President Nursultan Nazarbayev takes part in the opening of a new mosque, which is reportedly one of the largest in Central Asia, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Turar Kazangapov

ALMATY (Reuters) - Former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has undergone a successful heart surgery and his life is not in danger, his spokesman Aidos Ukibay said on Friday.

Ukibay's tweet followed reports by Kazakh media that Nazarbayev, 82, who ran the oil-rich country for three decades, was hospitalised.