Leadership
Melis Nurmatov
Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources
Born 1958 in the Chu oasis. Graduated from the Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute, Frunze, in 1980 as an agronomist. Agronomist, from 1988 director of a state farm in Chu District; in the land reform of 1994 he oversaw the division of the farm's land among its households. From 1999 head of the Chu office of the territorial Department of Agriculture, kept in the post by the Ministry after 2007. Minister since 2014. Married, four children.
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Kubanychbek Temirbaev
First Deputy Minister (water resources and irrigation)
Born 1966 in Kara-Buura District. Hydraulic engineer, Frunze Polytechnic Institute, 1988. Kara-Buura canal administration 1988-2001; deputy head of the Talas Basin Agricultural Directorate for irrigation 2001-2013. First Deputy Minister since 2014. Supervises the Irrigation Modernization Programme.
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Tatyana Lisitsyna
Deputy Minister (economics, subsidies and statistics)
Born 1971 in Nurzhan. Economist, Talas State University, 1993. Chu District finance office; head of the Ministry's economics department 2009-2019. Deputy Minister since 2019.
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Dr Gulmira Kenesheva
Chief State Veterinary Inspector, head of the State Veterinary Inspectorate
Born 1969 in Talas. Veterinary Medicine, Talas State University, 1992; candidate of veterinary sciences. Talas Veterinary Research Center 1992-2010; Chief State Veterinary Inspector since 2017.