BEIJING, Feb. 3 -- At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov will pay a state visit to China from Tuesday to Friday.
Japarov, a Kyrgyz ethnic, born in Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Oblast on Dec. 6, 1968, graduated from Kyrgyz State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports in 1991 and from Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in 2006.
During 1986-1987 and 1989-1995, he served as head of the collective farm "Santash" in the Tup district of the Issyk-Kul Oblast. He served in the army from 1987 to 1989.
From 1996 to 2000, Japarov held the post of deputy chairman of the farm "Soltonkul" in the Tup district of Issyk-Kul Oblast. Between 2000 and 2005, he successively served as the general director of the "Guzel" fuel company and the "Nur" oil and gas company.
From 2005 to 2007, he acted as a deputy of the third convocation of the Kyrgyz Parliament. Between 2007 and 2009, he was an advisor to the president. From 2008 to 2009, he was a member of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. From 2010 to 2013, he served as a deputy of the fifth convocation of the Kyrgyz Parliament.
In October 2020, Japarov became the Kyrgyz prime minister and acting president. In January 2021, he was elected as the Kyrgyz president for a six-year term.