2025 in Kyrgyzstan
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This is a list of individuals and events related to Kyrgyzstan in 2025.
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Incumbents
Events
February
- 21 February – Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan announce an agreement to delineate their common border.[1]
March
May
- 2 May – The Cabinet of Ministers submits a draft bill to close all rural libraries across the country.[3]
June
- 3 June – Former president Almazbek Atambayev is sentenced in absentia to 11 years imprisonment for illicit enrichment, illegally acquiring land, and involvement in the 2019 Kyrgyz protests.[4]
- 7 June – A statue of Vladimir Lenin believed to be the tallest of its kind in Central Asia is dismantled in Osh.[5]
July
- 10 July – Six officials are arrested during a government meeting in Osh as part of a State Committee for National Security (GKNB) anti-corruption crackdown.[6]
- 11 July – Flooding in Osh damages newly renovated streets and a municipal market after heavy rains overwhelm clogged drainage systems.[7]
August
- 15 August – An Italian climber dies on Jengish Chokusu while trying to rescue a Russian companion who sustained a medical emergency and remains missing.[8]
- 28 August – Kyrgyzstan begins building the Barskoon-Bedel highway to China’s Xinjiang, including tunnels under the Soek and Ashuu-Suu passes. The completion is expected to be in 2030.[9]
September
- 25 September – The Supreme Council votes to dissolve itself, triggering a snap election.[10]
November
- 20 November – The CEO of the Chinese gold mining firm Kemin Resource Group is arrested on charges relating to environmental damage caused by one of its mines.[11]
- 30 November – 2025 Kyrgyz parliamentary election.[12]
December
- 17 December – The new Supreme Council convenes for the first time following the 2025 Kyrgyz parliamentary election.[13]
Deaths
- 23 August – Ruslan Kurmanaliev, 53, actor.[14]
Holidays
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- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 7 January – Christmas
- 23 February – Defender of the Fatherland Day
- 8 March – International Women's Day
- 21 March – Nooruz Mairamy
- 30 March – Orozo Ait
- 7 April – Day of the People's April Revolution
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 5 May – Constitution Day
- 9 May – Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day
- 6 June – Kurman Ait
- 31 August – Independence Day
- 7–10 November – Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors
