Muratbek Imanaliyev

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| office1 = Secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

| term_start1 = 1 January 2010

| term_end1 = 31 December 2012

| predecessor1 = Bolat Nurgaliyev

| successor1 = Dmitry Mezentsev

| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

| term_start2 = July 1997

| term_end2 = June 2002

| predecessor2 = Roza Otunbayeva

| successor2 = Askar Aitmatov

| term_start3 = 1991

| term_end3 = 1992

| predecessor3 = Zhanyl Tumenbayeva
(as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan)

| successor3 = Roza Otunbayeva

| office4 = Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the People's Republic of China

| term_start4 = 1993

| term_end4 = 1996

| predecessor4 = Office established

| successor4 = Marat Saralinov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|2|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR

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| alma_mater = Institute of Asian and African Countries - Moscow State University

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Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliyev ({{langx|ru|Муратбек Сансизбаевич Иманалиев}}; born 25 February 1956) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan from 1991 to 1992 and from 1 July 1997 to 2002. He was also the secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation from 2010 to 2012.{{cite news|title=SCO voices opposition to "politicization" of Nobel Peace Prize|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/15/c_13559300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018054904/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-10/15/c_13559300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2010|date= 2010-10-15|accessdate=2011-01-15|publisher=Xinhua}}{{cite news|title=New Secretary General of the SCO Muratbek Imanaliev Officially Took Office|url=http://infoshos.ru/en/?idn=5353|date=2010-01-22|accessdate=2011-01-15|publisher=Shanghai Cooperation Organisation}}

Early life and education

Imanaliyev was born on 25 February 1956 in Frunze (now Bishkek), Kirghiz SSR, USSR. He graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries, Moscow in 1978 and earned his postgraduate degree from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1982, where he specialised in Chinese language translation and history. He speaks Kyrgyz, Russian, English and Chinese.

Career

From 1991 to 1992 he was foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan
From 1993 to 1996 he was ambassador in Beijing.
From 1996 to 1997 he was head of the International Department of the Administration of the president of Kyrgyzstan.
From 1997 to 2002 he was foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan.
From 2002 to 2007 he was professor at the American University of Central Asia.
In November 2004, he became a co-founder of the movement "Zhany Bagyt" ("New Course").
From 2005 to 2009 he was president of the Institute of Public Policy.
From 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2012 he was the general secretary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Imanaliyev is the author of over 100 publications in Russia, China, Turkey, India, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Personal life

Imanaliyev is married and has two children.

References

Category:1956 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Bishkek

Category:Foreign ministers of Kyrgyzstan

Category:Government ministers of Kyrgyzstan

Category:Ambassadors of Kyrgyzstan to China