Kazakhstan\'s opposition party Ak Zhol [Bright Path] has nominated its leader Alikhan Baimenov as its candidate for the presidential election to be held on December 4. The nomination was backed unanimously by all of the 117 delegates to this party\'s congress on Sunday. Baimenov, 46, is an engineer and has a candidate\'s degree in mechanical engineering. He previously held state posts and was chief of the presidential staff. The Ak Zhol party split in winter 2005, and some of its former leaders, expelled from the party, announced the formation of a new, True Ak Zhol party, which has not been registered by the Justice Ministry, however. Baimenov\'s nomination has brought the number of presidential candidates to 12. (Interfax)