Ömürbek Toktogulovich Babanov (born 20 May 1970) is a Kyrgyz businessman and politician who was Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 2011 to 2012. He first served as Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Almazbek Atambayev, became acting Prime Minister when Atambayev stood in the 2011 presidential election, and was confirmed by Parliament on 23 December 2011. He resigned the post on 1 September 2012. In the 2017 presidential election he ran as an independent and came second to Sooronbay Jeenbekov with about a third of the vote. Alongside politics he built a business career, founding the Alliance filling station network and later taking over Bank Kyrgyzstan, now Mbank, and investing in cement and retail ventures. He has faced criminal cases and spent time in Russia between 2017 and 2019.
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is a Kyrgyz businessman and politician
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served twice as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
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born 20 May 1970
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On 1 September 2012 Babanov resigned as Prime Minister.
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is a Kyrgyz businessman and politician
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Founded by Ömürbek Babanov, he served as its chairman until 2014
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