Muratbek Imanaliyev
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Muratbek Imanaliyev | |
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Муратбек Иманалиев | |
.jpeg) Imanaliyev in 2011 | |
| Secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | |
| In office 1 January 2010 – 31 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Bolat Nurgaliyev |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Mezentsev |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic | |
| In office July 1997 – June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Roza Otunbayeva |
| Succeeded by | Askar Aitmatov |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Zhanyl Tumenbayeva (as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan) |
| Succeeded by | Roza Otunbayeva |
| Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the People's Republic of China | |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Marat Saralinov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1956 |
| Alma mater | Institute of Asian and African Countries - Moscow State University |
Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliyev (Russian: Муратбек Сансизбаевич Иманалиев; born 25 February 1956) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan from 1991 to 1992 and from 1 July 1997 to 2002.[1] He was also the secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation from 2010 to 2012.[2][1]
Imanaliyev was born on 25 February 1956 in Frunze (now Bishkek), Kirghiz SSR, USSR. He graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries, Moscow in 1978 and earned his postgraduate degree from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1982, where he specialised in Chinese language translation and history. He speaks Kyrgyz, Russian, English and Chinese.
