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Askar Akayev
Аскар Акаев
Akayev in 2016
1st President of Kyrgyzstan
In office 27 October 1990 – 24 March 2005
Prime Minister
Nasirdin Isanov Andrei Iordan (Acting) Tursunbek Chyngyshev Almanbet Matubraimov (Acting) Apas Jumagulov Kubanychbek Jumaliyev Boris Silayev (Acting) Jumabek Ibraimov Boris Silayev (Acting) Amangeldy Muraliyev Kurmanbek Bakiyev Nikolai Tanayev
Vice President
Nasirdin Isanov German Kuznetsov Feliks Kulov
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Ishenbai Kadyrbekov (Acting)
Personal details
Born
(1944-11-10) 10 November 1944 (age 79) Kyzyl-Bayrak, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Mayram Akayeva
Children
4, including Bermet and Aidar
Residence(s)
Moscow, Russia
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Askar Akayevich Akayev (Kyrgyz: Аскар Акаевич (Акай уулу) Акаев, romanized: Askar Akayevich (Akay Uulu) Akayev; [ɑsqɑrɑqɑjevitʃɑqɑjev]; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being overthrown in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution.
and public figure. He was the son of former President of Kyrgyzstan AskarAkayev and the first husband of Aliya Nazarbayeva, the youngest daughter of...
romanized: Zhoogazyn revolyutsiyasy) led to President of Kyrgyzstan AskarAkayev's fall from power. The revolution began after parliamentary elections...
Gorbachev's democratic reforms in the USSR, in 1990 pro-independence candidate AskarAkayev was elected president. On 31 August 1991, Kyrgyzstan declared independence...
under President AskarAkayev. He served as Deputy Prime Minister under Kurmanbek Bakiyev and was made acting PM on 22 May 2002 after Akayev fired Bakiyev...
Дуйшеновна Акаева) is the wife of the ousted President of Kyrgyzstan AskarAkayev and First Lady of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 to 2005. Akayeva was born in the...
culminating in the Tulip Revolution on 24 March in which President AskarAkayev was overthrown. A new constitution was introduced following a 2003 referendum...
Human rights in Kyrgyzstan improved after the ouster of President AskarAkayev in the 2005 Tulip Revolution and the installment of a more democratic government...
Soviet Socialist Republic. The first popularly elected officeholder was AskarAkayev, who served from October 1990 until 24 March 2005. In July 2005, Kurmanbek...
former MP. She is the daughter of ousted former President of Kyrgyzstan AskarAkayev. She graduated from the Frunze physics and mathematics school in 1989...
could get the majority of votes, so the Republic's Supreme Soviet chose AskarAkayev to be the first President on 27 October 1990. Jumagulov served as the...
Gorbachev's democratic reforms in the USSR, in 1990 pro-independence candidate AskarAkayev was elected president of the SSR. On 31 August 1991, Kyrgyzstan declared...
on 29 October 2000. The result was a victory for incumbent President AskarAkayev, who was re-elected with 76% of the vote. International election monitors...
Revolution of March 2005 that culminated in the ousting of President AskarAkayev. In Kyrgyz, KelKel means renaissance. In many of the post-communist revolutions...
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2005, following the ousting, during the Tulip Revolution, of President AskarAkayev. In October 2007, Bakiyev initiated the creation of Ak Jol party, but...
post after Akayev and his government observed what his spokesman called a failure to "stabilize the situation." Just four days later, Akayev appointed...
the previous president, AskarAkayev, was overthrown in the revolution in March 2005. On Thursday 24 March 2005, President Akayev fled the country as protesters...
1993 to 1995. President of Kyrgyzstan AskarAkayev appointed him Prime Minister on 25 December 1998 after Akayev dissolved the Cabinet. Ibraimov served...
politician. He was Vice President of Kyrgyzstan from 1991 to 1992 under AskarAkayev. Kuznetsov was born in 1948 in Ivanovo and is ethnic Russian. He joined...
first time in Kyrgyzstan on 13 October 1991. The only candidate was AskarAkayev, who received 95% of the vote. Voter turnout reported to be 89%. The...
President of Azerbaijan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan AskarAkayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Turgut Özal, President of Turkey (host) Saparmurat...
who acts as the district leader. In 1995, then-President of Kyrgyzstan AskarAkayev announced a decree to revitalize the aqsaqal courts. The courts would...
Kyrgyzstan. During a July 2007 interview, Bermet Akayeva, the daughter of AskarAkayev, the former President of Kyrgyzstan, stated that Islam was increasingly...
the hardliners took control of Moscow for three days in August 1991. AskarAkayev, the first president, unequivocally condemned the putsch and gained fame...
university was established by decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, AskarAkayev, № UP-74, on March 11, 1993, and by the enactment of the Government of...
criticism by citing former Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation of AskarAkayev to Russia after he was ousted as President of Kyrgyzstan during the 2005...
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