2020 in Kyrgyzstan

List of events

←

  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
 2020
in
Kyrgyzstan

→

  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
Decades:
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:
  • Other events of 2020
  • Timeline of Kyrgyz history

Events in the year 2020 in Kyrgyzstan.

Incumbents

  • President – Sooronbay Jeenbekov (until 15 October)
  • Prime Minister – Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev (until 15 June); Kubatbek Boronov (17 June-9 October); Sadyr Japarov (since 14 October)

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan

March

  • 18 March – The first three cases of COVID-19 in the country were confirmed, after a citizen returned from Saudi Arabia according to the nation's health ministry.[1]

June

  • 15 June – Prime Minister Abylgaziev resigned from his post as Prime Minister in connection with allegations against the government in a criminal case on the extension and renewal of radio frequency resources.[2]
  • 17 June – The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan confirms former first deputy prime minister Kubatbek Boronov as the new prime minister.[3]
  • 23 June – Judge Emilbek Kaipov of the Birinchi Mai District Court sentenced former President Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years and two months in prison on corruption charges. Former Prosecutor-General Indira Joldubaeva, former chief of the Hematology Center Abdukhalim Raimjanov, and Kalybek Kachkynaliev, a former adviser to the State Penitentiary Service chief, were also found guilty.[4][5]

July

  • 17 July – The country announces the addition of thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths to its COVID-19 tallies, describing the corresponding pneumonia-related cases, which had not been confirmed by tests, as most likely linked to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.[6]

September

October

Deaths

See also

  • 2020 in Kyrgyzstan
  • 2020 in Kyrgyzstani sport

References

  1. ^ "Coronavirus reaches Kyrgyzstan, via Saudi Arabia". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. ^ "Премьер-министр Киргизии Абылгазиев подал в отставку". regnum.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ^ "Kyrgyzstan's parliament confirms Boronov as prime minister". Reuters. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  4. ^ "Former Kyrgyz President Atambaev Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Release Of Crime Boss". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. June 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kyrgyz ex-president sentenced to 11 years in prison". Reuters. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. ^ "Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan to report some pneumonia cases as COVID-19". Reuters. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Kyrgyzstan's COVID-19 cases top 44,000 - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  8. ^ "Over 40,000 COVID-19 patients recover in Kyrgyzstan - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  9. ^ "Kyrgyzstan president Jeenbekov resigns after unrest". Reuters. Retrieved 15 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
  • v
  • t
  • e
Years in Kyrgyzstan (1991–present)