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Kanat Sagynbayev leaves office as Almaz Imangaziyev takes charge of Kyrgyzstan’s Labor Ministry

From 24.kg · () Russian

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News Official statement New plan
  • President Sadyr Japarov dismissed Kanat Sagynbayev as Kyrgyzstan’s minister of labor, social security and migration.
  • Almaz Imangaziyev, a former deputy foreign minister, will serve as acting minister.
  • His candidacy will later be submitted to parliament for approval as minister.

Kanat Sagynbayev has been dismissed as Kyrgyzstan’s minister of labor, social security and migration, under an order signed by President Sadyr Japarov.

Almaz Imangaziyev has been appointed acting head of the ministry. His candidacy will later be submitted to the Jogorku Kenesh for approval as minister.

Imangaziyev previously served as deputy foreign minister, a post he took in November 2022. He had earlier headed the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Services Department and worked on consular affairs, protecting Kyrgyz citizens’ rights abroad, migration and relations with compatriots. He holds a candidate degree in political science.

Sagynbayev had led the Labor Ministry since September 2025.

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