Kanatbek Isaev

Kanatbek Kedeikanovich Isaev is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the List of [Chairmen of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan|Speaker of the Supreme Council] of Kyrgyzstan. Isaev assumed office on 13 October 2020 after the resignation of Myktybek Abdyldayev.
Isaev is also the founder and chairman of Kyrgyzstan, a centrist political party that was established in 2015 to support then-president Sooronbay Jeenbekov. 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].