Roza Otunbayeva: President of Kyrgyzstan
Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva (Kyrgyz and Russian: Роза Исаковна Отунбаева; born August 23, 1950) is a Kyrgyz diplomat and politician.
She was President of Kyrgyzstan from April 7, 2010 until December 1, 2011. In 2011 she received the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. Department of State.
Roza Otunbayeva Роза Отунбаева | |
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| 3rd President of Kyrgyzstan | |
| In office 7 April 2010 – 1 December 2011 Acting: 7 April 2010 – 3 July 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Almazbek Atambayev Omurbek Babanov (Acting) Almazbek Atambayev |
| Preceded by | Kurmanbek Bakiyev |
| Succeeded by | Almazbek Atambayev |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 26 February 1992 – 10 October 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Tursunbek Chyngyshev |
| Preceded by | Muratbek Imanaliyev |
| Succeeded by | Ednan Karabayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1950 Frunze, Soviet Union (now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bolot Sadybakasov (divorced 1997) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Life
Otunbayeva was born in Frunze (now Bishkek), in Kyrgyzstan in the Soviet Union. She got a degree in philosophy from Moscow State University in 1972. Then she was a senior professor and head of the philosophy department at Kyrgyz State National University for six years. In 1975 she got a Candidate of Sciences degree after writing a dissertation named "Critique of falsification of Marxist-Leninist dialectic by the philosophers of Frankfurt school".
Otunbayeva is divorced and has two children. She speaks Russian, English, German, and French in addition to Kyrgyz.
Work
In 1981, Otunbayeva became a secretary of the Lenin council of Frunze. In the late 1980s, she was the head of the Soviet delegation to UNESCO in Paris. Later she was the Soviet Ambassador to Malaysia. When Kyrgyzstan became independent, she was the Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, then she was Kyrgyzstan's first ambassador to the USA and Canada. From 1998 to 2001, she was the Kyrgyz ambassador to the United Kingdom. From 2002 to 2004, she was deputy head of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia. On April 7, 2010, Otunbayeva became the head of a Kyrgyz interim government.
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