[1] He was born in the village of Tert-Kül in the Chuy Region of Kirghizia to Abdrashit Supataev and his mother Zhanyl Budaychiev.

He joined the Soviet Army, studying at the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School (now the Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces) until he graduated in 1979.

In July 1992, he was appointed to the post of Commander of the National Guard of Kyrgyzstan, the first person to hold this role.

During the events of the Tulip Revolution in March 2005, Chotbayev was at the White House compound where he attempted to negotiate with the anti-government rioters.

[7] Since September 2006, he has served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of Soldiers-Internationalists at the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS.