Английская Википедия:Chynybay Tursunbekov

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Chynybai Akunovich Tursunbekov (Шаблон:Lang-ky, Шаблон:IPA-ky; 15 October 1960Шаблон:Spnd6 July 2020) was a Kyrgyz politician.

Biography

Tursunbekov earned a degree in philology from the Kyrgyz National University in 1983, and a doctoral degree from the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences in 1985.Шаблон:Cn Following his education, Tursunbekov became an editor with the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic's state publishing company. Following Kyrgyzstan's independence, he represented several of the new country's ministries abroad. With newfound economic freedom, he began pursuing an entrepreneurial career.[1]

Tursunbekov was first elected to the Kirghiz Supreme Council in 2010 under the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, Supreme Council President Asylbek Jeenbekov resigned his post amidst a conflict of interest with his brother, Sooronbay, who had become Prime Minister.[2] Tursunbekov succeeded Jeenbekov as President of the Supreme Council.[3] However, he left the position the following year, ceding it to Dastan Jumabekov in attempt to "preserve the stability of the country".[4] However, instability arose anyway surrounding outgoing President Almazbek Atambayev.[5]

On 6 July 2020, Tursunbekov was hospitalized for acute pneumonia in Bishkek. He was tested for COVID-19, which came back positive.[6] However, his death was announced the following day,[7] with a memorial ceremony attended by the country's political elite.[8] Despite the negative test result, Prime Minister Kubatbek Boronov made a link between Tursunbekov's pneumonia and the coronavirus only a few hours after the announcement of his death.[9]

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