Toktayum Umetalieva (Kyrgyz: Токтайым Уметалиева) (born 4 April 1962 in Leninpol) is a Kyrgyzstani physicist, political coordinator and activist.
[1] Born in the village of Leninpol in Talas District, she graduated from Kyrgyz State National University with a degree in physics in 1984.
In 1997, she was appointed chief editor of the newspaper Ай-Данек,[2] and she has published several papers on science and politics.
[3] Umetalieva been employed as a national coordinator for UNICEF and is associated with the World Bank.
She stood as a presidential candidate for the 2009 elections to raise awareness of women's rights issues.