KazMunaiGas deputy CEO resigns

ASTANA, May 29 (Reuters) - Ulan Baizhanov, the deputy chief executive of Kazakh state oil and gas company KazMunaiGas, has resigned, the company said on Thursday.

"(Baizhanov has) tendered his resignation," a KazMunaiGas spokesman said.

The company did not give a reason.

KazMunaiGas owns minority stakes in the country's largest oil projects, such as Tengiz and Kashagan, as well as a controlling stake in the London-listed upstream company KazMunaiGas E&P (KMGq.L) RDGZ.KZ. (Reporting by Raushan Nurshayeva; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov, editing by Will Waterman)