Cholpon Sultanbekova | |
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Чолпон Султанбекова | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan | |
In office 11 November 2016 – 20 April 2018 | |
President |
Almazbek Atambayev Sooronbay Jeenbekov |
Prime Minister |
Sooronbay Jeenbekov Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev (acting) Sapar Isakov |
Preceded by | Gulmira Kudaiberdieva |
Succeeded by | Altinai Omurbekova |
Personal details | |
Born | Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR, (now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) | 19 August 1969
Spouse | Bayaman Erkinbaev (deceased) |
Children | 3 |
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.
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]
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]