Daniar Toktogulovich Usenov (; ) is a Kyrgyz banker and politician who served as the

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from October 2009 to April 2010. He previously served as Mayor of

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Background

Born in Frunze (now

) in 1960, Usenov was graduated from the Frunze Polytechnics Institute in 1982. Following two years of military service, he worked as a mining engineer before entering politics in 1990. His political career has involved positions in the Kara-Balta city administration, Chuy Oblast state administration, and (in 1995-2000) the national Legislative Assembly. In early 1999, Usenov declared opposition to policies of President

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. His company Eridan faced numerous tax inspections that forced him declare bankruptcy. Usenov was also barred from running for parliament in early 2000. On 10 May 2006, under President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, he began serving as Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs. In early 2007 Usenov was appointed as chairman of the top Kyrgyz bank Ineximbank, which is involved in building a cement factory and developing numerous real estate projects in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. On 10 October 2007, he was appointed by President Bakiyev to replace

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2010 Kyrgyz rioting

During the 2010 Kyrgyzstan uprising, the political opposition led by the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan seized control of

, the Kyrgyz capital. After

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Kurmanbek Bakiyev reportedly fled the capital in a private airplane, opposition leader Temir Sariyev announced on the radio that Prime Minister Usenov had resigned after negotiations with Social Democratic Party leaders.

Post-2010

In August 2020, a photo showed Belarusian President

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standing with Usenov in

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, over which the Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan protested to the Belarusian embassy in Bishkek. He reportedly went under the name of Daniil Timuravich Uritskiy.

References

1960 births Living people Mayors of Bishkek People from Bishkek Prime ministers of Kyrgyzstan Deputy prime ministers of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Technical University alumni Kyrgyzstani emigrants to Belarus {{Kyrgyzstan-politician-stub