Kubanychbek Jumaliyev
Кубанычбек Жумалиев
4th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
In office
14 March 1998 – 23 December 1998
PresidentAskar Akayev
Preceded byApas Jumagulov
Succeeded byBoris Silayev
Personal details
Born (1956-04-26) 26 April 1956
Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR

Kubanychbek Mırzabekoviç Jumaliyev (Кубанычбек Мырзабекович Жумалиев; born 26 April 1956) served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 24 March 1998 to 23 December 1998.[1]

He was born in Jalal-Abad Province.[2] He graduated from Ryazan Radiotechnical Institute in 1978[3] and worked in Frunze Polytechnic Institute from 1978 to 1992.[3] He has a doctorate in Physical and Technical Sciences, and his scientific research was in holography and optical information processing.[2]

He served as the First Deputy Minister of Education and Science from 1994 to 1995, the First Deputy State Secretary from 1995 to 1996, the Chief of Staff from 1996 to 1998, Prime Minister from 24 March 1998 to 23 December 1998, Governor of Jalal-Abad Province from 1998 to 2001, Minister of Transport and Communications[2] from 2001 to 2005, and First Vice Prime Minister from 2002–2005.[3] He founded the Democratic Party Adilet party.[2]

2019 reporting revealed that Jumaliyev had omitted in his tax declaration to mention 45 companies that he or his wife owned.[4] In February 2021, he was arrested on suspicion of abuse of office, money laundering, tax evasion, and illegal enrichment.[5] Later that year, he was released on pretrial detention later that year after paying almost $12 million to the state treasury.[5]

He is married with four children.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, John B. (January 1, 1999), "Religion, state, and society in the new Kyrgyzstan", Journal of Church and State.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jumaliev Kubanychbek Myrzabekovich". Who is Who (in Russian). AKIpress. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Jumaliev Kubanychbek Myrzabekovich". Centrasia (in Russian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Li, Alexandra (2021). "Asset Declarations of Kyrgyz Officials Increasingly Useless as Anti-Corruption Measure". OCCRP.
  5. 1 2 "Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Pays $12 Million In Compensation, Released From Pretrial Detention". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2021-04-14.


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