President of Kyrgyzstan

The **President of Kyrgyzstan** is the head of state and the highest official of the Kyrgyz Republic. The president is directly elected for no more than one six-year term by the Kyrgyz electorate. The office of president was created in 1990.

The office of president is open to all citizens of Kyrgyzstan who are no younger than 35 years of age, and no older than 65 years of age.

## List of presidents

list of heads of state of Kyrgyzstan
|align="left" width="10"|I#|align="left" width="10"|A#|width="150"|Name|width="120"|Picture|align="center" width="150"|Took office|align="center" width="150"|Left office|align="left" width="200"|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1|align="center"|1. 1991|rowspan="3"|**Askar Akayev** Аскар Акаев <small>(1944–)</small>|align="center" rowspan="3"||align="center"|27 October 1990|align="center"|29 October 1995|align="center" rowspan="3"|Independent|
|align="center"|2 1995|align="center"|29 October 1995|align="center"|29 October 2000|||||||||
|align="center" rowspan=3|3. 2000|align="center"|29 October 2000|align="center"|24 March 2005 <small>(ousted)</small>|||||||||
|align="center"|–|rowspan="1"|**Ishenbai Kadyrbekov** Ишенбай Кадырбеков <small>(Acting)</small> <small>(1949–)</small>|align="center"||align="center"|24 March 2005|align="center"|25 March 2005|align="center"|Independent|||
|2|rowspan="4"|**Kurmanbek Bakiyev** Курманбек Бакиев <small>(1949–)</small>|align="center" rowspan="4"||align="center"|25 March 2005|align="center"|14 August 2005|align="center"|Independent||||
|align="center" style="background:#FF00FF; color:white;" rowspan=2|4. 2005|align="center"|14 August 2005|align="center"|_15 October 2007_|align="center"|People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan|||||||
|align="center"|_15 October 2007_|align="center"|23 July 2009|align="center" rowspan=2|Ak Jol|||||||||
|align="center" style="background:#C71585; color:white;" rowspan=3|5. 2009|align="center"|23 July 2009|align="center"|7 April 2010 <small>(ousted)</small>|||||||||
|align="center" rowspan=2|**Roza Otunbayeva** Роза Отунбаева <small>(1950–)</small>|align="center" rowspan="2"||align="center"|7 April 2010 <small>(self-proclaimed)</small>|align="center"|3 July 2010|align="center" rowspan="2"|Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan|||||
|align="center"|3 July 2010|align="center"|1 December 2011|||||||||||
|align="center" style="background:#186498; color:white;"|6. 2011|rowspan="1"|**Almazbek Atambayev** Алмазбек Атамбаев <small>(1956–)</small>|align="center"||align="center"|1 December 2011|align="center"|24 November 2017|align="center"|Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan|||
|align="center" style="background:#186498; color:white;" rowspan=2|7. 2017|rowspan="1"|**Sooronbay Jeenbekov** Сооронбай Жээнбеков <small>(1958–)</small>|align="center"||align="center"|24 November 2017|align="center"|15 October 2020|align="center"|Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan|||
|rowspan="1"|**Sadyr Japarov** Садыр Нургожоевич Жапаров <small>(1968–)</small>|align="center"||align="center"|15 October 2020|align="center"|_Incumbent_|align="center"|Mekenchil|||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Kyrgyz Republic
- **insignia**: Flag of the President of Kyrgyzstan.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Presidential Standard
- **image**: Sadyr Japarov (24-02-2021).jpg
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **incumbent**: Sadyr Japarov
- **incumbentsince**: 15 October 2020
- **style**: Mr. President (title), Mr. President (informally)
Comrade Commander-in-Chief (military)
Excellency, His Excellency (international correspondence)
- **member of**: Cabinet
Security Council of Kyrgyzstan, Security Council
- **residence**: White House, Bishkek, White House
Ala Archa State Residence
- **appointer**: Direct election
- **termlength**: 6 years, non-renewable
- **inaugural**: Askar Akayev
- **website**: [http://www.president.kg/ru President of Kyrgyz Republic]