Cholpon Sultanbekova

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.

Cholpon Aalievna Sultanbekova
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) August 19, 1969
Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR, (now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
NationalityKyrgyz
Spouse(s)Bayaman Erkinbaev (deceased)
Children3

Early life and education

Sultanbekova was born on 19 August 1969 in Bishkek (then Frunze).[1] She attended the Michurinsky Pedagogical Institute in Russia and graduated in law and international relations from the Kyrgyz State Academy of Law in 2006.[2][3]

Career

Sultanbekova worked at the registry office in Jalal-Abad before becoming Director General of Palvan in Osh in 1995.[2] 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.[2][3][1]

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.[4][5] In 2007, she was elected President of the Alysh foundation, the "belt wrestling" organization her husband had been associated with.[1]

Sultanbekova was elected as a member of the Jogorku Kenesh in 2010.[1] She became a member of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sport[2] and chair of the Committee of Youth Policy in 2012.[1] In October 2013, she was elected Deputy Speaker of the parliament.[3] From 25 January 2015 until 22 January 2017 she was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[6]

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

Awards and honours
  • Certificate of Honour of the Kyrgyz Republic, FILA Order[1]

Personal life

Sultanbekova was married to Bayaman Erkinbaev, but he was shot at his home on 21 September 2005.

References
  1. "Султанбекова Чолпон Аалыевна. Биография". Sputnik (in Russian). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "Досье политиков и общественных деятелей, живущих в странах Центральной Азии, либо связанных с регионом: Чолпон Аалыевна Султанбекова" (in Russian). Stan Radar.
  3. "Cholpon Sultanbekova". Central Asien Grupperna.
  4. "KYRGYZ CRIMINAL ELEVATED TO THE PARLIAMENT. Additional parliamentary election took place in Kyrgyzstan on April 9". Ferghana. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. International Crisis Group (9 November 2006). "Kyrgyzstan on the Edge" (PDF). Policy Briefing. p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. "Cholpon Sultanbekova". Parliamentary Assembly.
  7. "Kyrgyz Parliament approves the structure, composition and program of the new government". Kabar. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. "Kyrgyz Parliament approves new government". Xinhua. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. "Kyrgyz Parliament Approves New Government". Radio Free Europe. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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