Jengishbek Nazaraliev is a drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...

 professional and politician

Politician

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 in Kyrgyzstan. He ran for presidency in the presidential election of 2009

Kyrgyzstani presidential election, 2009

A presidential election was held in Kyrgyzstan on 23 July 2009. The date was set after the constitutional court ruled that the extension of the presidential term from four to five years did not apply until the next presidential election, calling for elections by 25 October 2009; in response, a...

, but withrdew from the election on election day claiming irregularities in the voting process.

Life

Nazaraliev was born on 8 May 1961 in the city of Tokmok

Tokmok

Tokmok ; , Tokmak) is a city of about 53,087 in northern Kyrgyzstan, east of the country's capital of Bishkek. Its geographical location is ; its altitude is 816 m above sea level. From 2004 until 19 April 2006 it served as the administrative seat of Chui Province...

, Chüy oblast, Kyrgyzstan

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...

. Since he was born the day before Victory day, his parents named him Jengish (meaning "victory" in Kyrgyz). His father was a psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

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 and his mother was a teacher. Nazaraliev has three brothers (two older, one younger), and two younger sisters.

Since his father was sent to work at a dispensary

Dispensary

A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital or other organization that dispenses medications and medical supplies. In a traditional dispensary set-up a pharmacist dispenses medication as per prescription or order form....

 in Osh, Nazaraliev spent his childhood there, finishing Russian primary school #16. When he was young, he was very interested in sports, and practiced free-style wrestling and karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

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In 1984, he graduated from the Bishkek National Medical Institute. At first he worked at a psycho-neurological dispensary, and then worked in Moscow for a while. After five years of practice, he opened his own narcological center, realising one of his dreams.

In 1989, he received fame from publishing an article called "Змиелов" ("Snake-catcher" in Russian) in the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda

Komsomolskaya Pravda

Komsomolskaya Pravda is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper, founded on March 13th, 1925. It is published by "Izdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda" .- History :...

.

Nazaraliev worked in Moscow from 1991 to 1993. Upon his return to Bishkek, he opened the first private narcological clinic, and works there to this day.

Nazaraliev is the father of a daughter and a son.

2009 Presidential Election

Nazaraliev's campaign slogan was "Everything's within your reach" . Nazaraliev withdrew from the election on election day, considering the election illegitimate. In the end, he received 19,283 (0.83%) votes.

External resources

Nazaraliev's campaign site
Nazaraliev’s Rehabilitation Center