Ömürbek Toktogulovich Babanov[a] (born 20 May 1970) is a Kyrgyz businessman and politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan briefly from 2011 to 2012.

During a television debate, candidate Sooronbay Jeenbekov promised to imprison Babanov as part of a proposed fight against corruption.

[19] On 24 April 2024, businessman Bolotmambet Jeenbekov, who had previously worked with Omurbek Babanov, accused the latter of fraudulently acquiring a fifty percent stake worth $10 million.

[23] His mother was from the Turkish Meskhetian minority group in Georgia; she was forcefully deported from Batumi to Kyrgyzstan during World War II.

[7] In 2011, Omurbek Abdrakhmanov, head of one of the commissions investigating the dispute over a controlling stake in mobile operator Megacom, accused Babanov of raiding the company.

[24] On 4 November 2017, Omurbek Babanov's speech during the election campaign became a reason for the Prosecutor's Office of the Kyrgyz Republic to initiate criminal proceedings for allegedly inciting inter-ethnic conflict and the overthrow of the authorities.

[28][29][30] According to earlier information, Mbank cooperates in processing operations with the russian centre Kartstandart (a member of the US sanctioned CFT group) and its affiliate CSI («Си-Эс-Ай»).

[32] Babanov himself is reportedly facing potential sanctions over allegations that his company, Asia Cement, is linked to Russia's nuclear industry.

[36] The leader of the Ar-Namys faction in 2012, Felix Kulov, said that First Deputy Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov admitted to him that he had purchased a Kazakh passport.

“I asked Omurbek Babanov about the Kazakh passport and he admitted to me that he bought it because he was doing business in Kazakhstan, and could not return it because he acquired it illegally,” said the head of Ar-Namys.

The entrepreneur said that his oil base and television channel were raided by Babanov’s people with the support of the presidential family.