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Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyz politician (born 1949)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Kurmanbek Sali uulu Bakiyev is a Kyrgyzstani politician who served as the second president of Kyrgyzstan from 2005 until his removal from office as a result of the Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010, forcing Bakiyev to flee the country.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kurmanbek Bakiyev” as kyrgyz politician (born 1949). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kurmanbek, Bakiyev and Kyrgyz.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kurmanbek, Bakiyev and Kyrgyz providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kurmanbek Bakiyev”, the useful work is to connect “kyrgyz politician (born 1949)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2010.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kurmanbek Bakiyev” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.