Kanybek Isakov

Kyrgyz politician and academic

Kanybek Abdouvassitovitch Isakov (Kyrgyz: Каныбек Абдуваситович Исаков, 4 June 1969 – 12 November 2020) was a Kyrgyz politician and academic. He was born in Jangy-Nookat, Kyrgyzstan. He was the Minister of Education and Science from 2019 to 2020 during the Kubatbek Boronov cabinet. He was kicked out of office due to the 2020 Kyrgyzstani protests. From 2011 to 2019, he was the Rector of Osh State University.

Isakov died of COVID-19 on 12 November 2020 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan at the age of 51.[1]

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  1. "Скончался бывший министр образования Каныбек Исаков". Azzatyk (in Russian). 12 November 2020.