Medet Sadyrkulov ( Kyrgyz: Медет Садыркулов, Medet Sadırqulov; December 13, 1953–March 13, 2009) was a Kyrgyz politician and former

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for

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Askar Akayev Askar Akayevich Akayev (, ; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz former politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being overthrown in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution. Education and early career Akayev was born in Kyzyl-B ...

and

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 ...

. He was also

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's ambassador to

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from 2000 to 2005. In January 2009 he stepped down from his post with the Bakiyev administration, refusing an offer to become Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, and became active in opposition politics. Sadyrkulov was killed along with his driver and one other companion at about 5 a.m. on March 13, 2009 in what the government claimed was an accidental car crash. In September 2011 an arrest warrant was issued against

Janish Bakiyev Janysh Bakiyev ( Kyrgyz: Жаныш Салиевич Бакиев, ''Zhanysh Saliyevich Baqiyev''; born on March 16, 1958, in the Suzak District) is the former chief of the State Security Service of Kyrgyzstan and brother of former president Kurma ...

, brother of the former President and former head of the presidential guard, for the

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of Sadyrkulov. Along with other members of the Bakiyev clan, Janish is currently living in Belarus, whence the authorities are refusing to

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him. Sadyrkulov was on his way back to the Kyrgyz capital,

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from neighboring

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, where he had been mustering support for opposition to the government. Sadyrkulov was 55.

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