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Cholpon Sultanbekova

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Cholpon Sultanbekova
Чолпон Султанбекова
Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
In office
11 November 2016 – 20 April 2018
PresidentAlmazbek Atambayev
Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Prime MinisterSooronbay Jeenbekov
Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev (acting)
Sapar Isakov
Preceded byGulmira Kudaiberdieva
Succeeded byAltinai Omurbekova
Personal details
Born (1969-08-19) 19 August 1969 (age 55)
Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR, (now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
SpouseBayaman Erkinbaev (deceased)
Children3

Cholpon Aalievna Sultanbekova (Kyrgyz: Чолпон Аалыевна Султанбекова, Çolpon Aalıevna (Aalı qızı) Sultanbekova; born 19 August 1969) is a Kyrgyz politician and ex-member of the Supreme Council who is currently one of the country's Deputy Prime Ministers.

Early life and education

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Sultanbekova was born on 19 August 1969 in Bishkek (then Frunze).[citation needed] She attended the Michurinsky Pedagogical Institute in Russia and graduated in law and international relations from the Kyrgyz State Academy of Law in 2006.[1][2]

Career

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Sultanbekova worked at the registry office in Jalal-Abad before becoming Director General of Palvan in Osh in 1995.[1] She was President of the Congress of Women of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Southern Region from 2000 until 2001 and in 2005 she founded the NGO Eco-Harmony of Women.[1][2]

Sultanbekova is a member of the Respublika Party of Kyrgyzstan. After her husband's assassination in 2005, she ran for his parliamentary seat representing the Kadamjay District in a 2006 by-election but was defeated.[3][4]

Sultanbekova was elected as a member of the Jogorku Kenesh in 2010. She became a member of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sport[1] and chair of the Committee of Youth Policy in 2012.[citation needed] In October 2013, she was elected Deputy Speaker of the parliament.[2] From 25 January 2015 until 22 January 2017, she was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[5]

On 9 November 2016, the parliament approved her nomination as Deputy Prime Minister for social affairs under Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov, replacing Gulmira Kudaiberdieva.[6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Досье политиков и общественных деятелей, живущих в странах Центральной Азии, либо связанных с регионом: Чолпон Аалыевна Султанбекова" (in Russian). Stan Radar.
  2. ^ a b c "Cholpon Sultanbekova". Central Asien Grupperna.
  3. ^ "KYRGYZ CRIMINAL ELEVATED TO THE PARLIAMENT. Additional parliamentary election took place in Kyrgyzstan on April 9". Ferghana. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ International Crisis Group (9 November 2006). "Kyrgyzstan on the Edge" (PDF). Policy Briefing. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Cholpon Sultanbekova". Parliamentary Assembly. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
  6. ^ "Kyrgyz Parliament approves the structure, composition and program of the new government". Kabar. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Kyrgyz Parliament approves new government". Xinhua. 10 November 2016. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Kyrgyz Parliament Approves New Government". Radio Free Europe. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.