Almasbek Atambajew
Almaz Atambayev (Атамбаев Алмазбек Шаршенович) has served as the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan since 30 July 1999.
Atambayev was an unsuccessful candidate in Kyrgyzstan's presidential elections in October 2000 (winning 6% of the vote)[1]
Atambaev served as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism in the government from 20 December 2005 until he resigned on 21 April 2006.[2]
In November 2006 he was one of the leaders of anti-government protests in Bishkek, under the umbrella of the movement 'For Reform!' (За Реформы)[3]. He was also involved in earlier protests in late April 2006.
On [[26 December] 2006 Atambayev rejected calls from other lawmakers for a dissolution of the Supreme Council, saying, "It is impossible for this Parliament to be dissolved at least until May [2007], and it has to adopt all the laws. Otherwise there will be a war in Kyrgyzstan, because even if Parliament adopts the [proposed] authoritarian constitution, I will tell you openly, we will not accept it. It would be a constitution adopted illegally. Then we would take every [possible protest action]. We are ready for that."Referenzfehler: Ungültiger Parameter in <ref>.