Askar Aitmatov

{{Short description|Kyrgyz politician (born 1959)}}

Askar Chingizovich Aitmatov (born January 5, 1959, in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union) served as Foreign Minister in the Government of Kyrgyzstan[http://www.subcontinent.com/sapra/research/centralasia/news/ca_news_20030131a.html Kyrgyz Referendum Will Be Valid - Foreign Minister Interfax] Sapra India Foundation from June 2002 to March 2005. He is the son of the late Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov. Graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University (1981) with a degree in Oriental History. Fluent in English, Turkish, French.{{Cite web |title=АЙТМАТОВ Аскар Чингизович {{!}} ЦентрАзия |url=https://centrasia.org/person2.php?st=1024257082 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=centrasia.org}}