4. Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov
Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov is a Kyrgyz politician, and the President of Kyrgyzstan. He officially took office on 24 November 2017.
He also was the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from April 2016 to August 2017.
He became a Deputy of the Assembly of People’s Representatives in 1995. In 2007, he became the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and the Processing Industry. In 2010, he served as the Governor of the Osh region, and in 2015, he was appointed as Director of the State Personnel Service. In March 2016, he was appointed as First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, before his appointment as Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
On 19 April 2018, Jeenbekov fired his Prime Minister Sapar Isakov and the government following a vote of no confidence from Kyrgyzstan’s parliament.
In May 2018, Jeenbekov promised to fight against tribalism being imposed on the country saying that “We will take measures against those, who impose a “north-south” issue in the society.”