Igor Vitalyevich Chudinov (; born 21 August 1961) is a former Prime Minister of
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 ...
. He was appointed to that position on 24 December 2007, following the resignation of
Iskenderbek Aidaraliyev.
Prior to his appointment, he was an energy and industry minister in the Kyrgyz government.
Chudinov was nominated for the position by the
Ak Zhol party, which won a large majority of seats in the Kyrgyz parliament - the
Jogorku Kenesh - in the elections of 16 December 2007. He was confirmed as prime minister by President
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Sali uulu Bakiyev (born 1 August 1949) is a Kyrgyzstani politician who served as the second president of Kyrgyzstan from 2005 until his removal from office as a result of the Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010, forcing Bakiyev to flee the coun ...
on 24 December.
On 21 September 2009, Chudinov was named Honorary President of th
Kyrgyz-North America Trade Council in recognition of his role in promoting trade and investment between the USA/Canada and Kyrgyzstan.
As his surname implies, he is
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
of
Chud
Chud or Chude (, , ) is a term historically applied in the early East Slavic annals to several Baltic Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia and Northwestern Russia. It has also been used to refer to other Finno-Ugric peo ...
heritage, and does not speak
Kyrgyz.
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References
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1961 births
Living people
Ak Jol politicians
21st-century Kyrgyzstani politicians
People from Bishkek
Prime ministers of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent
Members of the Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)
Industry ministers of Kyrgyzstan
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