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October 19, 2020

Kyrgyzstan Installs New President, Who Will Also Serve as Prime Minister
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Kyrgyzstan's parliament has installed a new interim president following
protests over a disputed parliamentary election that toppled much of the
government earlier this month. Until last week, Sadyr Japarov was
serving an 11-year prison term on kidnapping charges he says were
trumped up. He'll now serve as president and prime minister of
Kyrgyzstan at the same time - the first time the Central Asian nation
has had one person in both roles. A new presidential election is
tentatively scheduled for January.


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