Artem Eduardovich Novikov (; born 13 January 1987) is a

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

i politician who served as the First Deputy Chairman of the

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from 5 May to 20 May 2021. Prior to this, he served as the First Deputy Prime Minister, as well as the acting

Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan The chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, formerly known as the prime minister of Kyrgyzstan, chairs the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. Powers Until 2010, the President of Kyrgyzstan, president was in a stronger ...

as Sadyr Japarov's official powers in office were suspended pending the results of the January 2021 presidential election.

Early life and education

He was born on 13 January 1987 in the city of Frunze, the capital of the

Kirghiz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR), also known as the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kyrgyz SSR), KySSR or Kirgiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirgiz SSR), was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1 ...

. In 2007 he graduated from the

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with a degree in economics.

Career

After returning to Kyrgyzstan in 2008, he was an intern and translator in the investment policy department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Kyrgyz Republic. Then he became the chief specialist of the investment policy department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. From 2011-2012, Novikov was an adviser to the then Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov and in 2014-2015 he was an adviser to Prime Minister

Djoomart Otorbaev Djoomart Otorbaev ( born 18 August 1955) was the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan. On 25 March 2014 he replaced Zhantoro Satybaldiyev as acting prime minister until a new government was formed. On 3 April 2014, he was officially named prime minister. ...

. In May 2017, he was appointed head of the department for financial and economic analysis and development monitoring of the Office of the

President of the Kyrgyz Republic The president of Kyrgyzstan, officially the president of the Kyrgyz Republic, is the head of state and head of government of the Kyrgyz Republic. The president directs the executive branch of the national government, is the commander-in-chief ...

. In 2017-2018, Novikov served as the Minister of Economy. In January 2020, he was appointed adviser to Prime Minister Mukhammedkaly Abylgaziev, then adviser to Kubatbek Boronov, who replaced him. On 14 October, he became the country's First Deputy Prime Minister, serving as part of the

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formed after the

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that month. After the suspension of the official powers of the Prime Minister

Sadyr Japarov Sadyr Nurgojo uulu Japarov (born 6 December 1968) is a Kyrgyzstani politician, diplomat, and oligarch who has been serving as the sixth president of Kyrgyzstan since 28 January 2021. He previously served as the 22nd prime minister in the 2020 ...

on 14 November 2020, in connection with his participation in the early presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan scheduled for January, 2021, Novikov became Acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.

Personal life

He is an ethnic

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, the 5th ethnic Russian to be a Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan. In February 2018, the government allocated 36,000 soms for a three-month course in the

Kyrgyz language Kyrgyz is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and in the Gorno-Badak ...

for Novikov. Novikov himself stated that because Russian is an official state language, he had no reason to study Kyrgyz before. In addition to Russian, he speaks English and German. He managed in learning Kyrgyz as well, and has shown in public to be able to speak Kyrgyz fluently. Since September 2021, he has been an honorary senior lieutenant in the

Kyrgyz Army The Kyrgyz Ground Forces, or simply the Kyrgyz Army, is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. History In April 1992, Kyrgyzstan formed a State Committee for Defense Affairs, and in June the republic took cont ...

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Government of Kyrgyzstan
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Parliament of Kyrgyzstan
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Early life and education

Career

Personal life

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