Murat Salihov (Kyrgyz: Мурат Салыков, romanized: Murat Salykov; 1905 – 5 November 1938) was a chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kyrgyz SSR.

Salihov was born in 1905 in the village of Ravat, Osh district[1] (now in Marhamat District of the Andijan Region) in a poor peasant family.

In 1919-1922, he studied at the Kokand Pedagogical College, but did not finish the course.

[2] In 1925–1927, Salihov served as the head of the Osh district department of public education.

For some time he worked as chairman of the executive committee of the Osh District Council, 1st Secretary of the District Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (Kirghiz ASSR) and Deputy People's Commissar of Education of the Kirghiz ASSR, but the terms of service in these positions are not precisely defined.