Baktybek Beshimov Бактыбек Бешимов |
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Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh | |
In office March 2002 – June 2005 |
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Preceded by | Osmonakun Ibraimov |
Succeeded by | Irina Orolbaeva |
Personal details | |
Born | 1954 (age 62–63) Bishkek, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Kyrgyz National University |
Bakyt Beshimov (Russian: Бактыбек Жолчубекович Бешимов; born 1954) is a leader of parliamentary fraction and deputy chairman of Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan. Bakyt Beshimov is a prominent opposition leader, famous for his liberal views, and speaking out against Kurmanbek Bakiyev's and Askar Akayev's regimes.
Bakyt Beshimov grew up in the south of Kyrgyzstan, spending most of his childhood in Osh. He was born into a family of teachers. His father was a professor at Osh State University, a university whose president Bakyt Beshimov would later become. He graduated from Lomonosov School. Beshimov graduated with a PhD in history from Kyrgyz State National University in 1977.
Beshimov started his career on the faculty as professor at Kyrgyz State National University. In 1991 he was appointed as the president of Osh State University, becoming the youngest president of a university in Kyrgyzstan. From 2006 to 2008 Beshimov served as a vice-president of American University of Central Asia.
Beshimov also served as a national coordinator of UNDP "Life" Program, national manager of the UN Ferghana Valley Project, and regional expert at the Aga Khan Foundation.
Presently, Beshimov is a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies and Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Beshimov is also a visiting professor at Suffolk University. In addition to MIT, Harvard and Suffolk, Beshimov also lectures at Northeastern University in the Global Studies & International Relations program offered by the College of Professional Studies.