After receiving her MBA in 1994 she worked in the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva as a legal assistant.
After fleeing during the Tulip Revolution, Bermet Akayeva returned to the Parliament on April 14, 2005, meeting a protest of around 100 people.
However, Edil Baisalov of the Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society said her return demonstrated that she was ready to take "responsibility for numerous machinations, political as well as economic, which turned the fate of our country into a playground for the Akayev family."
Bolotbek Maripov, who lost to Akayeva in a disputed parliament seat, said that her return showed courage.
In early August 2007, Akayeva, who had won a parliamentary mandate in by-elections in Kemin, was charged with "obstruction of justice, contempt of court, and stealing, destroying, damaging or concealing documents, stamps or seals" in connection with rioting that occurred in Chuy Province in the north of the country in April 2007.