Size: 28.5x23cm./11.2x9inch.
Weight: 1545gr./54.4oz.
Year: 1999
Pages: 227S
Book made in Kyrgyzstan, 1999. Beautiful big propagandabook filled with pictures of Askar Akayev. The book comes in the Kyrgzyz, Russian and English language.
Askar Akayevich Akayev (1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being overthrown in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution. Akayev was initially seen as an economically right-wing liberal leader. He commented in a 1991 interview that “Although I am a Communist, my basic attitude toward private property is favorable. I believe that the revolution in the sphere of economics was not made by Karl Marx but by Adam Smith.
Akayev had promised to step down from office when his third term expired in 2005, but the possibility of a dynastical succession had been raised. His son Aidar Akayev and his daughter Bermet Akayeva were candidates in the 2005 legislative election. The results of the elections were disputed, with allegations of vote-rigging. Two of Akayev’s children won seats.
Serious protests broke out in Osh and Jalal-Abad, with protesters occupying administration buildings and the Osh airport. On 24 March 2005, protesters stormed the presidential compound in the central square of Bishkek and seized control of the seat of state power after clashing with riot police during a large opposition rally. That day, Akayev fled the country with his family, reportedly escaping first to Kazakhstan and then to Russia. Russian president Vladimir Putin invited Akayev to stay in Russia.
