I want to know the answer to the following question:
What position did Konayev hold in Kazakhstan prior to his removal?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The "Jeltoqsan" (Kazakh for "December") of 1986 were riots in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, sparked by Gorbachev's dismissal of Dinmukhamed Konayev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and an ethnic Kazakh, who was replaced with Gennady Kolbin, an outsider from the Russian SFSR.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes