Ismail Isakov
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
politician and Lieutenant General in the Kyrgyz military force.
From March 26, 2005 he was made Acting Minister of Defense, and appointed Minister of Defense in September 2005, serving until May 26, 2008, when he was made Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Isakov met with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to...
in 2005, announcing the U.S. could continue to use the Manas Air Base
Manas Air Base
Transit Center at Manas is a United States military installation at Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, primarily operated by the U.S. Air Force....
in support of the war in Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...
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On November 10, 2010, Isakov was sworn in to the Kyrgyz Parliament as a member of the Social Democrat Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK)