The

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Sooronbay Jeenbekov Sooronbay Sharip uulu Jeenbekov (; ky, Сооронбай Шарип уулу Жээнбеков, translit=Sooronbay Şarip uulu Jeenbekov; born 16 November 1958) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the 5th President of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 unti ...

as the

President of Kyrgyzstan The president of Kyrgyzstan, officially the president of the Kyrgyz Republic (russian: Президент Киргизской Республики; ky, Кыргыз Республикасынын Президенти), is the head of state an ...

took place on November 24, 2017, in the Enesay reception house of the

Ala Archa State Residence The Ala Archa State Residence ( ky, "Ала-Арча" мамлекеттик резиденциясы; russian: государственная резиденция «Ала-Арча») is an official presidential residence in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. I ...

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. The inauguration was declared the first

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in Kyrgyzstan in its 26-year history by foreign analyst.

Background

Sooronbai Jeenbekov won the presidential elections in

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

that were held on October 15, 2017, beating his opponent

Ömürbek Babanov Ömürbek Toktogulovich Babanov ( ky, Өмүрбек Токтогулович (Токтогул уулу) Бабанов, Ömürbek Toqtoghulovich (Toqtoghul uulu) Babanov, ; born 20 May 1970) is a Kyrgyz politician who served twice as the Prime M ...

with at least 54.67% of the national vote. His predecessor

Almazbek Atambayev Almazbek Sharshen uluu Atambayev ( ky, Алмазбек Шаршен уулу Атамбаев, translit=Almazbek Şarşen uulu Atambayev; born 17 September 1956) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1 December 2 ...

, who was limited by one six-year term as president, backed Jeenbekov very strongly for president.

Ceremony

The ceremony took place on November 24, 2017, being the first inauguration ceremony to take place at a state residence of the

since 2009. 450 people were invited to the inauguration ceremony, including

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, members of the Supreme Council, ambassadors to Kyrgyzstan, families of victims and participants of the

Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 The Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010, also known as the Second Kyrgyz Revolution, the Melon Revolution, the April Events ( ''Aprel okuyasy'') or officially as the People's April Revolution, began in April 2010 with the ousting of Kyrgyz president Kur ...

, as well as representatives of international organizations. The ceremony began at 10:00AM in the Enesai Reception House. It began with Jeenbekov delivering an oath of office before the

National Anthem of Kyrgyzstan The National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic ( ky, Кыргыз Республикасынын Мамлекеттик Гимни, Kyrgyz respublikasynyn mamlekettik gimni) is the title of the current national anthem of Kyrgyzstan, adopted on 18 De ...

was played

Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan russian: Оркестр Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Кыргызстана , image=File:Dsbsdrhy-550.jpg , image_size=250px , caption=The band (led by Captain Jumatay uulu Dastan in the white tunic) during a 20 ...

. Jeenbekov and outgoing president

then gave remarks at the ceremony. After the ceremony at the state residence concluded, the now president Jeenbekov and former president Atambayev went to the

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where they were met by the Honour Guard Company of the National Guard of Kyrgyzstan, which awaited the two in order to begin the ceremony of Jeenbekov's assumption of the post of commander in chief of the

Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan The Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic (; Kyrǵyz Respublikasynyn Kuralduu Küctörü) is the national military of Kyrgyzstan. It was originally formed from the former Soviet forces of the Turkestan Military District stationed in newly independe ...

{{Cite news, url=https://24.kg/english/69179_Sooronbai_Jeenbekov_takes_command_of_Armed_Forces_of_Kyrgyzstan/, title=Sooronbai Jeenbekov takes command of Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, last=MASALIEVA, first=Jazgul, date=2017-11-24, work=24.kg, access-date=2017-12-03, language=ru-ru After Jeenbekov and Atambayev inspected the guard of honor, a parade was held in honor of Jeenbekov.

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