Moldomusa Kongantiyev

{{Short description|Kyrgyzstani politician (1958–2022)}}

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Moldomusa Tashbolotovich Kongantiyev ({{langx|ky|Молдомуса Ташболотович Конгантиев}}; 31 March 1958 – 12 February 2022) was a Kyrgyzstani politician who served as Interior Minister of Kyrgyzstan until April 2010.

Kongantiyev was born on 31 March 1958.{{cite web | url=http://www.rian.ru/spravka/20100407/219114883.html | script-title=ru:Конгантиев Молдомуса Ташболотович. Биографическая справка | work=RIA Novosti | date=7 April 2010 | accessdate=7 April 2010 | language=Russian }} In April 2010, there were conflicting media reports as to whether Kongantiyev was killed in Talas or taken hostage during the 2010 Kyrgyzstan riots.{{cite web|last=Siegel|first=Matt|title=Interior minister killed in Kyrgyzstan uprising|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/interior-minister-killed-in-kyrgyzstan-uprising-20100407-rscu.html|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=7 April 2010|date=7 April 2010}}{{cite web|title=Kyrgyz interior minister killed in protests|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/07/c_13241258.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410231612/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/07/c_13241258.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2010|work=English News|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|accessdate=7 April 2010|date=7 April 2010}}{{cite web|title=Kyrgyz interior minister taken hostage by protesters|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/07/c_13241078.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412132253/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/07/c_13241078.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2010|work=English News|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|accessdate=7 April 2010|date=7 April 2010}} The Interior Ministry of Kyrgyzstan denied reports about Kongantiyev's death,{{cite web | url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=119431 | title=Reports about assassination of Kyrgyz Interior Minister refuted | work=Azeri-Press Agency | date=7 April 2010 | accessdate=8 April 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311003611/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=119431 | archivedate=11 March 2012 }} and on 8 April 2010 he was shown heavily beaten up, but alive, in a television report.{{cite web| url=http://tvthek.orf.at/topics/Umsturz%20in%20Kirgistan/1336081-ZIB-17-Uhr/segments/1338311-Kirgistan--Opposition-stuerzt-Regierung | title=Kirgistan: Opposition stürzt Regierung | work=ORF | date=8 April 2010 | accessdate=8 April 2010 | language=German }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Opposition leader Bolotbek Sherniyazov was named new interim interior minister.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

He died on 12 February 2022, at the age of 63.{{cite news |title=Скончался экс-глава МВД Молдомуса Конгантиев |url=https://24.kg/obschestvo/223799_skonchalsya_eks-glava_mvd_moldomusa_kongantiev/ |access-date=12 February 2022 |publisher=24.kg |date=12 February 2022}}