Baktygul Janybekovna Jeenbaeva (born 31 July 1960) is a Kyrgyzstani politician who has been the country's Finance Minister since December 2018.[1]
Jeenbaeva was born on 31 July 1960 in Bishkek, then called Frunze and part of the Soviet Union.[2] Her father, Janybek Jeenbaev, a nuclear physicist, was president of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences.[3] She has degrees in mathematics and economics from the Kyrgyz National University.[4]
Jeenbaeva worked as an economist for the production association Ak-Tilek from 1985 until 1992. She was then an economist at the Department of External and Public Relations.[2] In 2007 she became General Director of the New Television Network.[2] In 2010 she became acting Chair of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and in 2016, chair of the Board of the State Mortgage Company.[2] [5] At the time, she publicly lamented the Bank's lack of independence.[6]
Jeenbaeva has been a member of the Akshumkar political party since 2007.[2] From 6 July 2018 until 12 December 2018 she was an advisor to the president of Kyrgyzstan.[2]
On 12 December 2018, the Parliament approved Jeenbaeva's candidacy as Minister of Finance with 101 members voting for her[7] after Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev proposed her for the position.[8] She was officially appointed by President Sooronbay Jeenbekov the following day.[9]
In 2019, Jeenbaeva was called as a witness in a criminal case against the Legal Representation Center for the alleged embezzlement of funds.[10] [11]
Jeenbaeva is divorced and has a son.[2]