Baktygul Jeenbaeva

Baktygul Janybekovna Jeenbaeva (born 31 July 1960) is a Kyrgyzstani politician who has been the country's Finance Minister since December 2018.

[1] Jeenbaeva was born on 31 July 1960 in Bishkek, then called Frunze and part of the Soviet Union.

[2] Her father, Janybek Jeenbaev, a nuclear physicist, was president of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences.

[2][5] On 12 December 2018, the Parliament approved Jeenbaeva's candidacy as Minister of Finance with 101 members voting for her[8] after Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev proposed her for the position.

[5] In 2019, Jeenbaeva was called as a witness in a criminal case against the Legal Representation Center for the alleged embezzlement of funds.