| Capitale | nom: Bishkek coordonnées géographiques: 42 52 N, 74 36 E différence de temps: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: founded in 1868 as a Russian settlement on the site of a previously destroyed fortress named "Pishpek"; the name was retained and overtime became "Bishkek" |
| Fête de l'Indépendance | 31 Aoüt 1991 (from the Soviet Union) |
| Fête nationale | Jour De l'Indépendance, 31 Aoüt (1991) |
| Constitution | history: previous 1993; latest adopted by referendum 27 Juin 2010, effective 2 Juillet 2010; note - constitutional amendments that bolstered some presidential powers and transferred others from the president to the prime minister passed in a referendum in Decembre 2016, effective Decembre 2017 amendments: proposed as a draft law by the majority of the Supreme Council membership or by petition of 300,000 voters; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote of the Council membership in each of at least three readings of the draft two months apart; the draft may be submitted to a referendum if approved by two thirds of the Council membership; adoption requires the signature of the president; amended 2017 (2018) |
| Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur | 18 ans; universal |
| Pouvoir exécutif | chef d'état (Président): Président Sooronbay JEENBEKOV (depuis 24 November 2017) chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyy ABYL-GAZIEV (depuis 20 April 2018); First Deputy Prime Minister Kubatbek BORONOV (depuis 20 April 2018); Deputy Prime Ministers Jenish RAZAKOV (depuis 20 April 2018), Altynay OMURBEKOVA (depuis 20 April 2018), Zamirbek ASKAROV (depuis 20 April 2018) cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers proposed by the prime minister, appointed by the president upon approval by the Supreme Council; defense and security committee chairs appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 6-year term; election last held on 15 October 2017 (next to be held in October 2023); prime minister nominated by the majority party or majority coalition in the Supreme Council, appointed by the president upon approval by the Supreme Council election results: Sooronbay JEENBEKOV elected president in first round; percent of vote - Sooronbay JEENBEKOV (SDPK) 54.2%, Omurbek BABANOV (Respublika) 33.5%, Adakhan MADUMAROV (Butun Kyrgyzstan) 6.6%, Temir SARIYEV (Akshumar) 2.5%, other 3.2% |
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du décembre 31, 2019
