Ishenbai Kadyrbekov
Ishenbai Duyshonbiyevich Kadyrbekov (Ишенбай Ð"үйшөнбиевич Кадырбеков) (
1949 – ) is the parliament speaker and the interim Minister for Transport and Communications of
Kyrgyzstan. He was first considered for
president after a
revolution ousted former president
Askar Akayev on
March 24,
2005, but
Kurmanbek Bakiyev took the power and gave the portfolio to Kadyrbekov.
Kadyrbekov had previously worked with Akayev's government, before being jailed in
2000. After his release, he became a prominent member of the
opposition and was a member of Kyrgyzstan's parliament at the time of the
Tulip Revolution.
Kadyrbekov was a candidate in the
2005 parliamentary election in District 33 in the city of
Naryn. He finished in the second place in the first round of voting on
February 27,
2005, qualifying for the runoff election held on
March 13. Six days before the runoff election, Kadyrbekov was disqualified by Naryn regional court. This resulted in protests by his supporters in
Naryn Oblast.
On
March 24,
2005, after Askar Akayev resigned and left the country, the
Kyrgyz Supreme Court annulled the recent
parliamentary elections and declared the previous parliament to be the legitimate legislature of the country. The parliament then elected Kadyrbekov as its speaker.
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Politics of Kyrgyzstan*
Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, 2005*
Askar Akayev
