Temir Sariyev

Temir Sariyev Темир Сариев
17th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
In office 1 May 2015 – 13 April 2016
President	Almazbek Atambayev
Preceded by	Djoomart Otorbaev
Succeeded by	Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Minister of Finance
In office 8 April 2010 – 5 September 2012
President	Roza Otunbayeva
Prime Minister	Almazbek Atambayev Omurbek Babanov (Acting) Almazbek Atambayev Omurbek Babanov (Acting)
Preceded by	Tazhikan Kalimbetova
Succeeded by	Olga Lavrova
Personal details
Born	Temir Argembaevich Sariyev (1963-06-17) 17 June 1963 Sokuluk District, Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan
Political party	Akshumkar[1]
Children	2

Temir Agrembaevich Sariyev (Kyrgyz: Темир Агрембаевич Сариев, Temir Agrembayeviç (Agrembay uulu) Sariyev, [temir sɑˈrijev]) (born 17 June 1963) is a Kyrgyz politician who was Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 2015 to 2016.^[2] He was a presidential candidate for the 2009 elections, receiving 157,005 (6.74%) votes.^[3] Sariyev is candidate in the country's 2017 presidential elections, in which he garnered 2.54% of the vote (42,910 votes) and came in fourth place.^[4][5]

Early career

Sariyev was born on June 17, 1963 in the village of Tosh-Bulak, Sokuluk District, Chuy Region. He graduated from a sports boarding school in Bishkek at the age of 17.

From 1981 to 1983, he served in the Soviet Army. After that, he worked at the Alamedinskaya fur factory, first as a freight forwarder, then as an economist and a senior economist. In 1987, he got a job at the department of working youth of the Alamedin District Committee, working first as an instructor, and two years later, he became the head of the department. He was engaged in party work in the Alamedin district committee until 1991.

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