Roza Otunbayeva

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Full Name	Roza Otunbayeva
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 23, 1950(1950-08-23)
Age	74
Birthplace	Bishkek
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Horoscope	Leo

Roza Otunbayeva Biography

Roza Otunbayeva is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 23, 1950 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Roza Otunbayeva was baptized in Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR (now Bishkek), Kyrgyz SSR and USSR to the family of Isak Otunbayev who is a member of Supreme Court of Kyrgyz SSR (1967-1992) and Salika Daniyarova, teacher. In 1972, she graduated from Moscow State University’s Philosophy Faculty. She then taught for six years at Kyrgyz State National University as a Senior Teacher and Head of the Philosophy Department (1975-1981). After defending her dissertation “Critique on falsification Marxist-Leninist dialectic” by the Frankfurt school philosophers, she was elected Candidate in Sciences in 1975. Roza Otunbayeva, a mother of two children and a divorcée, is married. She speaks fluently in Russian, English and German, as well as Kyrgyz. She is also able to understand some Chinese.

For a brief time, she was co-chairwoman for the Asaba (Flag), National Revival Party. Otunbayeva was elected in December 2007 to the Jogorku Kenesh, the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. This is on the list of Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan. From 2008 to 2010, she was the Leader of Opposition SDP. She was elected Leader of the People’s Front in 2009.

Bakiyev fled the Jalal-Abad area as the riots became more violent. Unable to rally support, he resigned as president on April 10, 2010, and left the country for Kazakhstan. Nine days later he went to Minsk, Belarus, where he was given protected-exile status. On April 21 he recanted his resignation and declared that he was still president of Kyrgyzstan. Otunbayeva vowed to bring him to trial.

On April 7, 2010, Otunbayeva was chosen by opposition leaders as head of the Interim Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, following widespread rioting in Bishkek and the ouster of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Otunbayeva was a key leader of the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan that led to the overthrowning of President Akayev. In the interim government led by Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Otunbayeva served as Acting Foreign minister for a few more months. Otunbayeva was not able to get the necessary parliamentary support to be Foreign Minister after Bakiyev became President and Feliks Kulov was elected Prime Minister. A few months later, she ran unsuccessfully for a parliamentary byelection. Otunbayeva was a crucial part of the November 2006 protests, which pressed for a new democratic Constitution.

Roza Otunbayeva Net Worth

Roza Otunbayeva is one of the richest Politician from Kyrgyzstan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roza Otunbayeva 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

1981 was the year she started her political career. She was the Communist Party’s second secretary of the Lenin-raion council (raikom), in Frunze (now Bishkek). From 1983 to 1986, Ms. Otunbayeva was the Secretary of Frunze’s Communist Party Committee (now Bishkek). 1986, she was made Deputy to the Chairman of Council of Ministers and at the same time Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. She was elected the USSR UNESCO National Committee Chairwoman in 1989. In 1989, she was also appointed the Executive Secretary. She was Vice-President of UNESCO Executive Council from 1989 to 1992. Askar Akayev was the leader of the independent Kyrgyzstan in

1992. She appointed her as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. These positions were held until 1994, when she was elected to become her country’s first Ambassador to the USA and Canada (1992-1994). She was recalled to her Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs post in May 1994, where she remained for three years. She was the first Kyrgyz Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2002. She was appointed Deputy Special Representative to the UN Secretary General in Peacekeeping Mission for Georgia from 2002 to 2004. Otunbayeva began to be politically active after her return to Kyrgyzstan late 2004. She founded, with three other opposition lawmakers, the Ata-Jurt (“Fatherland”) public movement in December 2004 as preparation for the February 2005 parliamentary election.

Ms. Otunbayeva was Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs from March to September 2005.

With violent protests in support of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev continuing in Jalalabad, the home city of the former president, it was announced on May 19, 2010, by the interim government that elections would be delayed until 2011 and Otunbayeva was named as president. Following a referendum on the new Kyrgyz constitution, she was sworn in on July 3, 2010. Otunbayeva however was prohibited by the new constitution from running in the 2011 presidential election and her term ended on December 31, 2011. The referendum was supported by over 90% and changes the government from a Presidential republic to a Parliamentary republic. Parliamentary elections were held in October and the new parliament elected the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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Top Facts about Roza Otunbayeva

1. Roza Otunbayeva was the first female president of Kyrgyzstan.
2. She served as president from 2010 to 2011.
3. Otunbayeva played a key role in the country’s transition to democracy.
4. She previously served as foreign minister and ambassador to the US and UK.
5. Otunbayeva is a prominent figure in Central Asian politics.
6. During her presidency, she focused on promoting human rights and social justice.
7. Otunbayeva helped negotiate a peaceful resolution to ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan in 2010.
8. She received numerous international awards for her contributions to peace and democracy.
9. After leaving office, she founded a political party called the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan.
10. Otunbayeva remains an influential voice in Kyrgyz politics today.