Absamat Masaliyev

Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev (Kyrgyz: Абсамат Масалы уулу Масалиев; 10 April 1933 – 31 July 2004) was the first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia from November 1985 until Kyrgyz independence, and led the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan afterwards.

He started his career as a deputy chief engineer at Kyzyl-Kyya coal mine in the south of Kirghizia.

In 1961 Masaliyev became an instructor at the regional branch of the Communist Party of Kirghizia in Osh.

He worked his way up the ranks until he became First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia in November 1985.

He held a seat in the Assembly of People's Representatives of the Supreme Council from 1995 until his death of a heart attack in 2004.