Apas Jumagulovich Jumagulov ( ky, Апас Жумагулович (Жумагул уулу) Жумагулов, Apas Zhumaghulovich (Zhumaghul uulu) Zhumaghulov) (born 19 September 1934) served as the
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
russian: Председатель Кабинета министров Киргизской Республики
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from 14 December 1993 to 24 March 1998.
He studied
geology
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and
mineralogy
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at the
Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
The Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (russian: Российский государственный университет нефти и газа имени И. М. Губкина) is a public university in Moscow, Russia. The univer ...
in
Moscow
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and began his political career in the
Communist Party
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of the
Kyrgyz SSR
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...
in 1973, becoming a Secretary in the Central Committee of the Party in 1979 and President of Council of Ministers of Kyrgyz SSR in 1986. Jumagulov and
Absamat Masaliyev
Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev (Kyrgyz: Абсамат Масалиевич (Масалы уулу Масалиев, romanised: Absamat Masaliyevich (Masalı uulu) Masaliyev, russian: Абсамат Масалиевич Масалиев; 10 Apri ...
were the two original candidates for the
Kyrgyz Presidency on 25 October 1990, but neither could get the majority of votes, so the Republic's
Supreme Soviet
The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USS ...
chose
Askar Akayev
Askar Akayevich Akayev ( ky, Аскар Акаевич (Акай уулу) Акаев, translit=Askar Akayevich (Akay Uulu) Akayev ; ; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being ov ...
to be the first President on 27 October 1990. Jumagulov served as the ambassador to
Germany
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from 1998 to 2003, and to
Russia
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from 2005 to 2007.
External links
Apas Jumagulovat
Radio Free Europe
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1934 births
Living people
People from Chüy Region
Prime Ministers of Kyrgyzstan
Ambassadors of Kyrgyzstan to Germany
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Communist Party of Kirghizia politicians
Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Members of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
Members of the Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)
Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour