Arstanbek Nogoev

Arstanbek Imankulovich Nogoev (born 10 June, 1951) was the mayor of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 18 August 2005 to 10 October 2007.cite news|title=Kyrgyz capital gets new mayor|url=http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2005/05-08-22.rferl.html#20|publisher=Radio Free Europe|date=2005-08-22|accessdate=2007-10-18] cite journal|url=http://jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2372503|journal=Eurasia Daily Monitor|publisher=The Jamestown Foundation|volume=4|issue=190|last=Marat|first=Erica|title=Upcoming referendum sinks Kyrgyzstan deeper into crisis|date=2007-10-15|accessdate=2007-10-18] cite web|publisher=AKIpress|url=http://whoiswho.akipress.org/?cat=z6q8j&id=1109|language=Russian|title=Ногоев Арстанбек Иманкулович|accessdate=2007-10-18] He graduated from the Frunze Polytechnic Institute in 1974, where he studied in the Faculty of Technology and published several monographs on the topic of agriculture. In the 1980s, he rose through the ranks of the Communist Party, earning him a place at the Tashkent Higher Party School, where he studied between 1986 and 1986. He went on to serve as head of Kemin District between 1999 and 2003, and then became deputy mayor under Askarbek Salymbekov. After Salymbekov's resignation, Nogoev ran unopposed for the mayorship and was appointed through a vote of the city council, with 37 supporters and 3 opposers.

Nogoev is married, with four sons and two daughters.

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