ASTANA. March 12. KAZINFOM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ "The Ministry of Culture and Information will be reorganized into two new departments", Kazakh President has said today at the session in Akorda.

"The Decree on reorganization of the Ministry will be signed today. Two independent ministries will be established on its base - the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Communication and Information, including the Agency of Information and Communication", the President said.

The Ministry of Culture will be headed by Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed, the Ministry of Communication and Information - by Askar Zhumagaliyev.