Asylgul Abdurekhmenova

Asylgul Abdurekhmenova (born 1953) is a politician from Kyrgyzstan.

Abdurekhmanova was born in Bosteri, a village in Issyk-Kul Region. She graduated from the Przevalsk Pedagogical Institute in 1974, and became a secondary school teacher in the village of Chon Urukty, where she remained until 1978. That year she took a job at the Komsomol, which marked the beginning of her political career. From 1979 until 1987 she held a variety of positions in the district branch Communist Party of Kirghizia, later moving to the Kara Suu and Jany-Jol districts of Osh Region. From 1987 until 1996 she held a variety of administrative posts in the municipal administrations of Osh and Karakol;[1] she also served as mayor of Karakol for a time.[2] In 1996 she was named Minister of Labor and Social Protection, in which position she remained until 1998,[1] when she was replaced by Imankadyr Rysaliev.[3] Issues which she faced during her time in office included the influx of refugees into Kyrgyzstan from Tajikistan during the civil war there[4] and a spat with Russia over footage of a Kyrgyz children's home which was shown on Russian television.[5]

References
  1. Rafis Abazov (2004). Historical Dictionary of Kyrgyzstan. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4868-9.
  2. Bu̇bu̇kan U̇tu̇rova (2005). Женщины в экономике Кыргызстана. Biĭiktik.
  3. Russia & Eurasia Facts & Figures Annual. Academic International Press. 1999.
  4. "NIS Observed". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. "Kyrgyzstan: Government Protests Russian TV's Film Of Children's Home". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 3 November 2017.


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