Roza Otunbayeva

Roza Otunbayeva
Roza Otunbayeva
Роза Отунбаева
	Otunbayeva in 2011
3rd President of Kyrgyzstan
	In office; 3 July 2010 – 1 December 2011; Acting: 7 April 2010 – 3 July 2010
Prime Minister	Almazbek Atambayev; Omurbek Babanov (Acting); Almazbek Atambayev
Preceded by	Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Succeeded by	Almazbek Atambayev
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 26 February 1992 – 10 October 1992
Prime Minister	Tursunbek Chyngyshev
Preceded by	Muratbek Imanaliyev
Succeeded by	Ednan Karabayev
Kyrgyz Ambassador to the United Kingdom
	In office; 1997–2002
President	Askar Akayev
Deputy Prime Minister of the Kirghiz SSR
	In office; 1986–1989
President	Absamat Masaliyev
Preceded by	Jamal Tashibekova
Succeeded by	Zhanyl Tumenbayeva
Personal details
Born	23 August 1950 (age 73); Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Bolot Sadybakasov (divorced 1997)
Children	3
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Website	roza.kg

Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva (Kyrgyz: Роза Исаковна (Исак кызы) Отунбаева, romanized: Roza Isakovna (Isak kyzy) Otunbayeva; born 23 August 1950) is a Kyrgyz diplomat and politician who served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 7 April 2010 until 1 December 2011, becoming the first female Central Asian head of state. She was sworn in on July 3, 2010, after acting as interim leader following the 2010 April Revolution, which led to the ousting of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. She previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as head of the parliamentary caucus for the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan.

Since 2022, Otunbayeva has been serving as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).^[1]