Erkin Alymbekov

{{Short description|Kyrgyz politician (1961–2016)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Алымбеков Эркинбек.jpg

| office = Member of the Supreme Council

| termstart = 2005

| termend = 2007

| termstart1 = 2010

| termend1 = 2014

| party = Ata Meken Socialist Party

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|11|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zhany-Aryk, Kirghiz SSR, {{nowrap|Soviet Union}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|8|29|1961|11|5|df=y}}

}}

Erkin Dzhumabaevich Alymbekov ({{langx|ru|Эркинбек Джумабаевич Алымбеков}}; 5 November 1961 – 29 August 2016), also spelled as Erkinbek Alymbekov, was a Kyrgyz politician.{{Cite web |title=Алымбеков Эркинбек Джумабаевич, биография |trans-title=Alymbekov Erkinbek Dzhumabaevich |url=https://who.ca-news.org/people:1652 |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=AKIpress News Agency |language=ru}} He was a member of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan from 2005 until 2007 and from 2010 until his resignation in 2014. He resigned in protest of the government's decision to work with a Canadian company on the Kumtor Gold Mine.{{Cite web |last=Podolskaya |first=Darya |date=August 29, 2016 |title=Deputy of V Convocation Erkinbek Alymbekov Passes Away |url=https://24.kg/archive/en/community/181704-news24.html/ |access-date=December 15, 2023 |website=24.kg}} In his second term, he was a member of the Ata Meken Socialist Party and was a deputy speaker.{{Cite news |date=2011-01-14 |title=Ata-Meken Party Member 'Attacked' In Northern Kyrgyzstan |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ata_meken_member_attacked_kyrgyzstan/2276567.html |access-date=2023-12-15}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/with-bishkek-calm-kyrgyz-leaders-draft-new-constitution/405473.html |title=With Bishkek Calm, Kyrgyz Leaders Draft New Constitution | News | the Moscow Times |access-date=2012-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507200418/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/with-bishkek-calm-kyrgyz-leaders-draft-new-constitution/405473.html |archive-date=2010-05-07 |url-status=dead}}

Alymbekov was the chairman of the Human Rights Committee of Parliament, and was a member of Kyrgyzstan's Human Rights Advisory Board. He was also a significant regional partner of the Danish Institute for Human Rights.{{Cite web |date=2016-09-01 |title=Kyrgyz Parliamentarian and Partner of DIHR Passed Away |url=https://www.humanrights.dk/news/kyrgyz-parliamentarian-partner-dihr-passed-away |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Danish Institute for Human Rights |language=en}}

He died of sudden cardiac arrest on 29 August 2016, aged 54.