Anvar Artykovich Artykov (born 30 November 1951) is a Kyrgyz politician, and current member of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan.
[3] Artykov's last job before becoming a deputy was as an instructor in the industrial department of the local Osh Oblast chapter of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1991.
[3] Artykov was part of the opposition during the Tulip Revolution in March 2005, which saw president Askar Akayev overthrown.
In a 'kurultai' or congress of opposition figures, Artykov was elected as a "people's governor" of Osh Region on 19 March 2005, but was detained by the police a day later.
[4] After Akayev resigned the presidency on 24 March, Artykov was made the acting governor of the region on the 25th,[1] and spent a little under nine months in the role, being dismissed on 12 December 2005.