BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, February 18. On February
18, the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of Kyrgyzstan ratified the
appointments of the head of the State Committee for National
Security and three government ministers,
Trend reports via the Jogorku Kenesh.
The candidates were introduced by Bekhtur Zulpiev, the
plenipotentiary representative of the President and Cabinet of
Ministers to the Jogorku Kenesh.
Subsequent to the presentation, the parliament confirmed the
appointments of Jumgalbek Shabdanbekov as head of the State
Committee for National Security, Akyl Toktobaev as Minister of
Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision, Urmatbek
Shamyrkanov as Minister of Emergency Situations, and Talantbek
Soltobaev as Minister of Transport and Communications.
Previously, under the directives of the President of Kyrgyzstan,
a series of investigative and operational measures were conducted
by the Military Prosecutor’s Office, in collaboration with the Main
Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
targeting former employees of the State Committee for National
Security suspected of misconduct.
