APresident · 2017 – 2020Independent states
Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Kyrgyzstan's fifth president (b. 1958), elected in 2017; he resigned after protests in October 2020.
An economist, Sooronbay Jeenbekov was agriculture minister, governor of Osh Region and prime minister in 2016–2017, and was elected president in October 2017.
He resigned in October 2020 after protests against the results of the parliamentary elections.
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Updated: October 4, 2026