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Zamira Sydykova
Kyrgyzstani diplomat (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zamira Sydykova (Kyrgyz and Russian: Замира Сыдыкова; born 1960) served as Kyrgyz ambassador to the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2010, after a career as an opposition journalist, including imprisonment by the government of then-president Askar Akayev. After the Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010, Ambassador Sydykova served as a trade advisor, scholar at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, associate with Carnegie Endowment, as well as resumed her editorship of Res Publica. Ambassador Sydykova has received awards from the International Women's Media Foundation, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International.
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3rd Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the United States and Canada | |
In office June 2005 – April 2010 | |
President | Kurmanbek Bakiyev |
Prime Minister | Medetbek Kerimkulov Felix Kulov Azim Isabekov Almazbek Atambayev Iskenderbek Aidaraliyev Igor Chudinov Daniar Usenov |
Preceded by | Baktybek Abdrisaev |
Succeeded by | Muktar Djumaliev |
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Born | (1960-11-23) 23 November 1960 (age 63) Frunze, Soviet Union (now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) |
Alma mater | Moscow State University Kyrgyz National University |