Kirghizistan Profilo Governo

nome: Bishkek

coordinate geografiche: 42 52 N, 74 36 E

differenza di tempo: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

31 Agosto 1991 (from the Soviet Union)

Giorno Di Indipendenza, 31 Agosto (1991)

history: previous 1993; latest adopted by referendum 27 Giugno 2010, effective 2 Luglio 2010; note - constitutional amendments that bolstered some presidential powers and transferred others from the president to the prime minister passed in a referendum in Dicembre 2016, effective Dicembre 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)

18 anni; universal

capo dello stato: Presidente Sooronbay JEENBEKOV (da allora 24 November 2017)

capo di governo: Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyy ABYL-GAZIEV (da allora 20 April 2018); First Deputy Prime Minister Kubatbek BORONOV (da allora 20 April 2018); Deputy Prime Ministers Jenish RAZAKOV (da allora 20 April 2018), Altynay OMURBEKOVA (da allora 20 April 2018), Zamirbek ASKAROV (da allora 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%