[1] The Mekenchil was founded on 16 June 2010 by Sadyr Japarov and Kamchybek Tashiev; both were co-founders of the party.

[2] Japarov served as the de facto leader of Mekenchil until his imprisonment in October 2013.

Despite being arrested for the second time in 2017 and sentenced to several years in prison on the charges of attempted kidnapping, Japarov remained as one of the party leaders.

[4][5] Following the 2020 Kyrgyzstani protests that led to the cancellation of the election results, Japarov was released from prison and from there, quickly mobilized a large following and gained influence through massive demonstrations in Bishkek and the support of numerous right-wing affiliated MP's of Supreme Council.

With his rise to power, the Mekenchil party as a whole gained influence, with several politicians or close supporters of the party occupying important positions, including Tashiev, who was appointed head of the State Committee for National Security on 16 October 2020.