Roza Otunbayeva held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Roza Otunbayeva as President of Kyrgyzstan.
Roza Otunbayeva was born at Bishkek in 1950. Her recorded nationality is Russia. She was educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The record of office reads: President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (1992–1992) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (1994–1997).
Her political affiliation is recorded as Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan.
Her name is attached above all to persecution of human rights activist Azimzhan Askarov and the failed policy that led to the clashes of June 2010. Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Commander of the Legion of Honour and Order of the Polar Star.
That the career was made in Russia is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Roza Otunbayeva's career is not finished, and the historical verdict on it has not been reached.
Achievements
- President of Kyrgyzstan (2010–2011)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (1992–1992)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (1994–1997)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan (2005–2005)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Order of the Polar Star
- Educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University
