Sadyr Japarov

Sadyr Nurgojo uulu Japarov (born 6 December 1968) is a Kyrgyz politician, lobbyist, and legislator who has been serving as the sixth president of Kyrgyzstan since 28 January 2021. He previously served as the 22nd prime minister in the 2020 interim government, following the resignation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Japarov also became acting president of Kyrgyzstan after Jeenbekov's resignation, but resigned on 14 November 2020 to run in the 2021 presidential election, in which he was elected to succeed the acting president, Talant Mamytov.

Japarov began his political career as a deputy in 2005 after being elected to the Supreme Council and from 2007 served in the presidential administration under Kurmanbek Bakiyev before Bakiyev's overthrow in the 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution. Japarov then resumed office as a deputy and held popular rallies to overthrow the Kyrgyz government, supporting attempts to seize the Bishkek White House and allegedly to kidnap an akim, which made it necessary for him to flee Kyrgyzstan in 2013 to avoid prosecution. Japarov returned to Kyrgyzstan in 2017, where he was arrested and imprisoned for 11 years due to his prior illegal political activities. His prison sentence was cut short when he was freed by his supporters during the 2020 Kyrgyz Revolution, leading for his rise to power in Kyrgyzstan.