Kanatbek Kedeikanovich Isaev ( ky, Канатбек Кедейканович (Кедейкан уулу) Исаев, translit=Kanatbek Kedeykanovich (Kedeykan uulu) Isayev; born 7 February 1975) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the Speaker of the Supreme Council of

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 ea ...

. Isaev assumed office on 13 October 2020 after the resignation of

Myktybek Abdyldayev Myktybek Yusupovich Abdyldayev (; born 17 August 1953) is a Kyrgyz politician, and current member of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan as deputy for the Bir Bol party. Early life and education Abdyldayev was born on 17 August 1953 in the village ...

. Isaev is also the founder and chairman of

, a

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to Left-w ...

political party that was established in 2015 to support then-president

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 ...

. In 2017, while acting as opposition leader in the Supreme Council, Isaev was arrested by the state security service for allegedly planning riots before the 2017 Kyrgyz presidential election.

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Living people Members of the Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan) 1975 births {{Kyrgyzstan-politician-stub