Erkin Dzhumabaevich Alymbekov (; 5 November 1961 – 29 August 2016), also spelled as Erkinbek Alymbekov, was a Kyrgyz politician. He was a member of the

Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan, also known as the ''Jogorku Kenesh'' (, ), is the unicameral parliament of Kyrgyzstan. Before Kyrgyzstan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it was known as the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz Soviet Soc ...

from 2005 until 2007 and from 2010 until his resignation in 2014. He resigned in protest of the government's decision to work with a Canadian company on the

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. In his second term, he was a member of the

Ata Meken Socialist Party The Ata-Meken Socialist Party (; sometimes shortened to simply Ata-Meken) is a social-democratic political party in Kyrgyzstan. Its current Chairman and founder is Omurbek Tekebayev, who is a former speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament. The party w ...

and was a deputy speaker. Alymbekov was the chairman of the Human Rights Committee of Parliament, and was a member of Kyrgyzstan's Human Rights Advisory Board. He was also a significant regional partner of the

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. He died of sudden cardiac arrest on 29 August 2016, aged 54.

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Members of the Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan) 1961 births 2016 deaths Place of death missing Ata Meken Socialist Party politicians Kyrgyzstani human rights activists People from Issyk-Kul Region {{Kyrgyzstan-politician-stub