Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kurmanbek Bakiyev Salijewitsch, Kyrgyz: Курманбек Сали уулу Бакиев ( Kurmanbek Bakiev Sali uulu ), Russian: Курманбек Салиевич Бакиев ( born August 1, 1949 in Massadan at Susak, Kyrgyz SSR ) was 2005-2010 President of Kyrgyzstan.

Life

1972 graduated from Bakiyev to study electrical engineering and worked in the Russian Samara. 1974-1976 he did his military service. After his return to Kyrgyzstan, he worked in a factory plug in Jalalabad, where in 1979 he was deputy chief engineer and director in 1990. From 1990, he held various positions in the CPSU and political functions, first. As First Secretary of the Party in Kok - Yangak, then Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the city and finally Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the area Jalalabad In 1995 he was appointed by President Askar Akayev governor of Jalalabad. In April 1997, he joined the Office of the Governor of the Tschüi. On 21 December 2000 he became Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan. Only 17 months later, on 22 May 2002, he resigned this office after six protesters were shot dead by the security police in the southern Kyrgyz city Aksy.

Later he became the chairman of one of the various opposition movements of Kyrgyzstan. As part of the Tulip Revolution, he was appointed on 24 March 2005 to head a transitional government and the day after the interim president. On 10 July 2005, he was ( 74.6 % turnout ) was elected president with 88.9 % of the vote, after he had concluded an alliance of convenience with Kulov in advance of the election. On 14 August 2005, Bakiyev was sworn.

In October 2007, Bakiyev left hold a referendum on a constitutional amendment that would strengthen the powers of the President. Following adoption of the proposed amendment, he dissolved Parliament, dismissing the government. For December 2007 elections were recognized. Before the constitutional referendum that Bakiyev was founded supportive party "Ak Dschol " on October 15, entered many MPs in the course of October in the.

In the 2009 presidential elections, Bakiyev was confirmed with 76.1 % of the vote in office.

With the unrest in April 2010 announced the opposition that Bakiyev was overthrown on April 7, 2010. This initially went to his home region in the south of the country and declared that he was the rightful president of Kyrgyzstan and the coup was illegal. Only after the transitional government formed by former opposition politician had threatened under the former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva, if necessary, use force and to provide Bakiyev in court this April 15, announced his resignation, and sat down on the neighboring Kazakhstan.

On April 20, Bakiyev traveled with the help of the Belarusian government to Minsk, where he declared that he remain President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva and the government was illegal. In February 2012 it was announced that Kurmanbek Bakiyev has received the Belarusian citizenship and bought near Minsk a house.

On February 12, 2013, Bakiyev was convicted by court-martial of Bishkek in absentia to 24 years in prison and confiscation of its assets.