Igor Vitalyevich Chudinov (Russian: Игорь Витальевич Чудинов; born 21 August 1961) is a former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
[1] Prior to his appointment, he was an energy and industry minister in the Kyrgyz government.
Chudinov was nominated for the position by the Ak Zhol party, which won a large majority of seats in the Kyrgyz parliament - the Jogorku Kenesh - in the elections of 16 December 2007.
He was confirmed as prime minister by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on 24 December.
[2] As his surname implies, he is Russian of Chud heritage, and does not speak Kyrgyz.