Baktybek Abdilashimovich Amanbaev (Kyrgyz: Аманбаев Бактыбек Абдилашим уулу; Russian: Аманбаев Бактыбек Абдилашимович; born 1969) has served as the Kyrgyz ambassador to the United States and Canada since April 2021.
Amanbaev studied at Kennesaw State University in the US state of Georgia (2012), graduated from the diplomatic academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic (2010), obtained a political science graduate degree from the Kyrgyz National University (2010), a Master of Business Administration from the Bishkek International School of Business and Management (1998), and an undergraduate degree from the Kyrgyz National University (1996).
Amanbaev was selected as a candidate for deputy by the Mekenchil Party in the 2020 parliamentary election.
After the elections were annulled during the 2020 revolution, he became chief of staff of the new government, holding the rank of minister.
In April 2021, Amanbaev was appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States.