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Kyrgyzstan’s security service detains former Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov in a corruption investigation involving the Kumtor Gold Mine. Asylbek Jeenbekov, brother of former President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, is also detained.
2021-05-31

Presidential elections are held in Kyrgyzstan following last year's political unrest and the resignation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Interim Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov is widely expected to win the election. The question of keeping the current parliamentary system or reintroducing a presidential system is also presented to the electorate in the form of a referendum.
2021-01-10

President Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigns following ten days of unrest and protests in response to the parliamentary election.
2020-10-15

President Sooronbay Jeenbekov declares a state of emergency in the capital Bishkek and deploys the country's armed forces across the city following serious political unrest that came after the now-overturned 2020 elections.
2020-10-9

Opposition groups claim to be in power after seizing government buildings in the capital. President Sooronbay Jeenbekov says he is facing a coup d'état. Several provincial governors reportedly resign.
2020-10-6

Kyrgyzstan's security forces storm the compound of former President Almazbek Atambayev on the outskirts of Bishkek for the second time after a failed overnight raid left one officer dead. Atambayev and his loyalists are "putting up severe armed resistance", according to President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Atambayev is detained, ending a two-day standoff. One officer was killed, while 80 people were injured.
2019-08-8

Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Roza Otunbayeva is officially sworn in as President.
2010-07-3

Roza Otunbayeva, Kyrgyzstan's interim president, asks Russia to send troops to quell ethnic violence in the southern city of Osh.
2010-06-12

As a result of popular protests in the north and capital of the country President Kurmanbek Bakiyev officially resigns after he leaves Kyrgyzstan for Kazakhstan.
2010-04-16

Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Roza Otunbayeva says that President Kurmanbek Bakiyev must stand trial over riots last week.
2010-04-14