2. The prime minister of Kyrgyzstan is the head of
government of Kyrgyzstan. Generally, the president is in a
stronger position than the prime minister in Kyrgyzstan.
The president is allowed to appoint the prime minister
temporarily, and his appointment is known as the acting
prime minister. The acting prime minister becomes a full
prime minister by being confirmed by the Kyrgyz
parliament. The prime minister then forms the cabinet
along with the president.
PRIME MINISTERS OF KYRGYZSTAN FROM 1991 TO 2015
3. Nasirdin Isanov
Nasirdin Isanovich Isanov served as the
firstPrime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 30
August 1991 to 29 November 1991, when
he died in a car crash.
Biography
In 1966 he graduated from the Moscow
Engineering and Construction Institute, and
for several years he worked in the
construction industry.
After joining the Communist Party in 1969,
he rose through party structures, becoming
first secretary of
the Osh regional Komsomol. In 1983 he
became Construction Minister in the Kyrgyz
Soviet Republic. In January 1991 he became
Prime Minister of the Republic of
Kyrgyzstan.
He is buried in Ala-Archa cemetery
in Bishkek.
4. ANDREI IORDAN
• Andrey Andreyevich Iordan (Андрей Андрее (22 December 1934 in
Klarus, Podlesnovsky district, Saratov province, Soviet Union to 20
January 2006 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) served as the State Secretary
of Kyrgyzstan and temporarily exercised the duties of Prime
Minister from 29 November 1991 to 10 February 1992. He served as
Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade and later as an adviser to the
Prime Minister.
5. Tursunbek Chyngyshev
Tursunbek Chygyshevich Chyngyshev
(born 15 October 1942) served as the
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 10
February 1992 to 13 December 1993. He
left office due to a motion of no
confidence in the Kyrgyzstan parliament
caused by the Seabeco gold scandal.
6. Apas Jumagulov
Apas Jumagulov (Апас Джумагулов, Апас Жумагулов) (born
19 September 1934) served as the Prime Minister of
Kyrgyzstan from 14 December 1993 to 24 March 1998.
He studied geology and mineralogy at the Gubkin Russian
State University of Oil and Gas in Moscow and began his
political career in the Communist Party of the Kyrgyz SSR in
1973, becoming a Secretary in the Central Committee of the
Party in 1979 and President of Council of Ministers of
Kyrgyz SSR in 1986. Jumagulov and Absamat Masaliyev
were the two original candidates for the Kyrgyz Presidency
on 25 October 1990, but neither could get the majority of
votes, so the Republic's Supreme Soviet chose Askar Akayev
to be the first President on 27 October 1990. Jumagulov
served as the Ambassador to Germany from 1998 to 2003.
7. Kubanychbek Jumaliyev
Kubanychbek Jumaliyev (born 26 April 1956) served as the Prime
Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 24 March 1998 to 23 December 1998.
He was born in Jalal-Abad Province.He graduated from Ryazan
Radiotechnical Institute in 1978.He has a doctorate in Physical and
Technical Sciences, and his scientific research was in holography
and optical information processing.
He served as the First Deputy Minister of Education and Science
from 1994 to 1995, the First Deputy State Secretary from 1995 to
1996, the Chief of Staff from 1996 to 1998, Prime Minister from 24
March 1998 to 23 December 1998, Governor of Jalal-Abad Province
from 1998 to 2001, Minister of Transport and Communications from
2001 to 2005, and First Vice Prime Minister from 2002-2005. He
founded the Democratic Party Adilet party.
He is married with four children.
8. Boris Silayev
Boris Ivanovich Silaev (born February 28, 1946,
in Lyalichi, Mikhaylovsky District, Primorsky
Krai) is a former Kyrgyz politician. He is an
ethnic Russian. His family moved to the Kyrgyz
SSR when he was 10, and he graduated from
the Frunze Polytechnic Institute in 1974. He
was Mayor of Bishkek from 1995 to 1998. He
served as acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
from December 23 to December 25, 1998 and
from April 4 to April 13, 1999. He was First
Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000.
Boris Silaev moved to Moscow in 2001 and
currently serves as Deputy Director of
Department of International Relations in
Moscow Government.
9. Jumabek Ibraimov
Jumabek Ibraimov was a Kyrgyz politician. Born in Dzhany-Alysh of
Kemin District he graduated from Frunze Polytechnic Institute in
1971. He was a post-graduate student and worked as a teacher until
mid-70s. In 1976 - 1977 he worked as an engineer and the head of
the department of technology at the Agricultural Machinery Works
named after M.V.Frunze, and in 1977 - 1984 as a design engineer,
head of engineering department, chief engineer, and director of
Min-Kush branch of Orgtehnika factory. In 1984 he became a head
of People's Control Commission, and the First Secretary of Balykchy
Town Committee of Communist Party. In 1988 - 1991, Jumabek
Ibraimov served as a First Deputy of a Head of Administration of
Central Committee of Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan. He served as
the Mayor of Bishkek from 1993-1995. President of Kyrgyzstan
Askar Akayev appointed him Prime Minister on 25 December 1998
after Akayev dissolved the Cabinet. Ibraimov served until he died of
stomach cancer on 4 April 1999.
10. Amangeldy Muraliyev
Amangeldy Muraliev is a Kyrgyz politician. He was
the chairman of executive committee of council of
people's deputies in Frunze in 1988–91, minister of
economy and finance in 1991–92, chairman of the
State Committee on Economy in 1993–94, chairman
of the State Property Fund in 1994–96, governor of
Osh Province in 1996–1999, Prime Minister of
Kyrgyzstan from April 13, 1999 to December 21,
2000, and president of the Kyrgyz Stock Exchange in
2001–04.
11. KURMANBEK BAKIEV
• Born on August 1, 1949 in the village
Masadan (Teyit), Suzak district, Jalal-
Abad region of Kyrgyz USSR.
• He was prime minister of KYRGYZSTAN
from 2000 to 2002
12. Nikolai Tanayev
Nikolay Timofeyevich Tanayev (born 5 November 1945
in Mihailovka village, Penzenskaya oblast, Soviet Union)
served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 2002
to 2005, under President Askar Akayev. He is an ethnic
Russian. He served as Deputy Prime Minister under
Kurmanbek Bakiyev and was made acting PM on 22
May 2002 after Akayev fired Bakiyev. He officially
became PM eight days later when the Supreme Council
confirmed him.
13. Medetbek Kerimkulov
Medetbek Temirbekovich Kerimkulov (born January 28,
1949) was the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
between December 2005 and June 2006, when he
became Minister for Industry, Trade, and Tourism. He
resigned from this position in February 2007.
He was the acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan for twenty
days in 2005. He had previously been Mayor of Bishkek.
14. Felix Kulov
Felix Sharshenbayevich Kulov served as Prime
Minister of Kyrgyzstan following the Tulip Revolution.
He first served from 1 September 2005 until he
resigned on 19 December 2006. President Kurmanbek
Bakiyev reappointed him acting Prime Minister the
same day,but parliamentary opposition meant
Bakiyev's attempts to renominate Kulov in January
2007 were unsuccessful and on 29 January the
assembly's members approved a replacement. Kulov
cofounded and leads Ar-Namys, a political party, and
chairs the People's Congress, an electoral alliance to
which Ar-Namys belongs.
15. Azim Isabekov
Azim Beishembayevich Isabekov (born 4 April 1960) served
as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 29 January until
29 March 2007.
Isabekov was born in Arashan, Chui Oblast and was
trained as an economist, graduating from Kyrgyz State
National University in 1986. After college he was a
Komsomol organizer. In 1997 he went to work for
Governor Kurmanbek Bakiyev as his Chief of Staff in the
Governor’s Office of Chui. When Bakiyev became the
prime minister in 2000, Isabekov followed him as the
head of the administrative department in prime
minister’s office. Bakiyev and Isabekov lost their jobs
when the government fell in 2002 in response to the
killing of a number of unarmed demonstrators at Aksy.
16. Almazbek Atambaev
Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev (born
September 17, 1956) was the Prime Minister
of Kyrgyzstan from 29 March 2007 until 28
November 2007. He has served as the
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of
Kyrgyzstan since 30 July 1999.
18. Igor Chudinov
Igor Vitalyevich Chudinov born
August 21, 1961) is a former Prime
Minister of Kyrgyzstan. He was
appointed to that position on
December 24, 2007, following the
resignation of Iskenderbek
Aidaraliyev. Prior to his
appointment, he was an energy and
industry minister in the Kyrgyz
government.
Chudinov was nominated for the
position by the Ak Zhol party, which
won a large majority of seats in the
Kyrgyz parliament - the Jogorku
Kenesh - in the elections of
December 16, 2007. He was
confirmed as prime minister by
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on
December 24.
19. DANIAR USENOV
• Daniar Toktogulovich Usenov is a Kyrgyz
banker and politician who served as the
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from October
2009 to April 2010. He previously served as
Mayor of Bishkek.
21. Omurbek Babanov
Omurbek Toktogulovich Babanov (born 15
January 1970) is a Kyrgyz politician who was
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 1 December
2011 to 1 September 2012. Before his
appointment as Prime Minister, he was Deputy
Prime Minister in the Government of Almazbek
Atambayev. He was also acting Prime Minister
from 23 September 2011 until 14 November
2011, as the Prime Minister Atambayev was a
candidate in the presidential election.[1] He
again became acting Prime Minister on 1
December 2011 when Atambayev took office
as President. He was confirmed by Parliament
on 23 December 2011.[2] On 1 September
2012 Babanov resigned as Prime Minister.
22. AALY KARASHEV
• BISHKEK, September 1 — Deputy
Prime Minister Aaly Karashev has
been appointed Kyrgyzstan’s Acting
Prime Minister after Omurbek
Babayev resigned.
• Kyrgyz President Almazbek
Atambayev signed the relevant decree
on Saturday, the presidential press
service told Itar-Tass.
• Karashev was born in Kyrgyzstan’s
Osh region in October 1968.
• He is fluent in four languages,
including Russian and English. He is
an author of different research works
on the development of local self-
23. Zhantoro Satybaldiyev
Zhantoro Satybaldiev (born 6
January 1956) is a Kyrgyz
politician who was Prime
Minister of Kyrgyzstan from
September 2012 until March
2014.
25. TEMIR SARIEV
Temir Sariev is a Kyrgyz
politician who has been
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
since 2015.
He was a presidential
candidate for the 2009
elections receiving 157,005
votes.
