Askar Akayev
Askar Akayevich Akayev (Kyrgyz: Аскар Акаевич Акаев; born 10 November 1944) is a retired Kyrgyz politician. He was the 1st President of Kyrgyzstan from 27 October 1990 until 24 March 2005.
In 2005, people disagreed about the result of the election. Some people said the election was unfair. There were protests and Akayev escaped to Russia. He became a professor at Moscow State University.
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Akayev, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Saparmurat Niyazov and Islam Karimov during the CIS meeting c. 1991
Visit of Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzstan, to the EC in 1994
Vladimir Putin with Askar Akayev at the Bishkek Heating and Electricity Station, October 2000
Akayev with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin in Moscow, 2001
George W. Bush with Askar Akayev in the Oval Office on September 23, 2002
Akayev on a Kyrgyzstani stamp
