Nasirdin Isanov

Nasirdin Isanov
Насирдин Исанов
1st Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
In office 21 January 1991 – 29 November 1991
President	Askar Akayev
Succeeded by	Andrei Iordan
Personal details
Born	(1943-11-07)7 November 1943 Kok-Bel, Nookat District, Osh Region, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Died	29 November 1991(1991-11-29) (aged 48) Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Ala-Archa Cemetery
Political party	CPSU
Alma mater	Moscow State University of Civil Engineering

Nasirdin Isanovich Isanov (Russian: Насирдин Исанович Исанов; Kyrgyz: Насирдин Исанович (Исан уулу) Исанов, romanized: Nasirdin Isanovich (Isan uulu) Isanov) 7 November 1943 – 29 November 1991) was a Kyrgyz politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 30 August 1991 to 29 November 1991.

Biography

In 1966 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute, and for several years he worked in the construction industry.

After joining the Communist Party in 1969, he rose through party structures, becoming first secretary of the Osh regional Komsomol. In 1983 he became Construction Minister in the Kyrgyz Soviet Republic. He was the Vice President of Kyrgyzstan from December 1990 to January 1991. In January 1991 he became Prime Minister of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

He was killed on 29 November 1991 in a car crash in the outskirts of the capital. He is buried in Ala-Archa cemetery in Bishkek. In 2003, a monument in honor of Isanov was erected in Erkindik Boulevard. He is the only Prime minister of Kyrgyzstan to die in office.