Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev 1949-, Kyrgyz political leader, president of Kyrgyzstan (2005-), b. Masadan. A graduate of Kuybyshev Polytechnic Institute (1972), he served in the Soviet armed forces (1974-76) and worked as an electrical engineer and factory manager before entering politics in 1990. Bakiyev held various government posts, becoming prime minister in 2000. He was forced to resign in 2002, in the wake of violent government clashes with the ...

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