- Tursunbai Bakir uulu
Tursunbai Bakir uulu (born
March 17 1958 in Kara-Suu,Osh Oblast) is a Kyrgyz politician, formerombudsman and presidential candidate. He is leader of the political partyErkin Kyrgyzstan orErK . A teacher by training, a historian, and a doctor of philosophy he is married with four children.He was first elected in 1995 as a member of the legislative assembly, after he helped set up the
Erkin Kyrgyzstan Progressive Democratic Party political party. In 2000 he was given a fresh mandate, and two years later was elected Kyrgyzstan's first ombudsman. Regularly vocal in his opposition toAskar Akayev , Bakir uulu called for the abolishment of thedeath penalty , the release ofFelix Kulov from prison, an end to the ban on the Islamic movementHizb ut Tahrir , and called the 2005 legislative election the least free and fair the nation had ever seen. Bakir uulu ran in July 2005 presidential elections and lost to the current presidentKurmanbek Bakiev . His work as the country's first ombudsman was full of controversy.
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