Kanatbek Isaev
OfficeSpeaker of the Supreme Council
Term start13 October 2020
Term end4 November 2020
PredecessorMyktybek Abdyldayev
SuccessorTalant Mamytov
Office 1Leader of the Kyrgyzstan Party
Term start 1May 2015
Birth date7 February 1975 (age 51)
Birth placeKalinovka, Chuy Region, Kirgiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Koshoy, Kyrgyzstan)
PartyKyrgyzstan (since 2015)
Respublika (before 2015)
Native nameКанатбек Исаев
SpouseJamilya İsayeva (divorced)

Kanatbek Kedeikanovich Isaev (Kyrgyz: Канатбек Кедейканович Исаев; born 7 February 1975) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the Speaker of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan. Isaev assumed office on 13 October 2020 after the resignation of Myktybek Abdyldayev.[1][2][3][4][5]

Isaev is also the founder and chairman of Kyrgyzstan, a centrist political party that was established in 2015 to support then-president Sooronbay Jeenbekov. In 2017, while acting as opposition leader in the Supreme Council, Isaev was arrested by the state security service for allegedly planning riots before the 2017 Kyrgyz presidential election.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Kyrgyz PM Declares 'All Power In My Hands' After President Resigns". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  2. ^ "Kyrgyz Opposition Politician Jailed For Corruption". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. ^ "New speaker of parliament elected in Kyrgyzstan - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. ^ Gordeyeva, Olga Dzyubenko, Mariya (2020-10-15). "Kyrgyz president quits; prime minister, newly sprung from jail, takes over". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  5. ^ DZHUMASHOVA, Aida (2020-10-14). "Kanatbek Isaev becomes new Speaker of Parliament of Kyrgyzstan". 24.kg. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  6. ^ "Kyrgyzstan Detains Opposition Lawmaker Amid Coup Allegations". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-10-15.