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About Melis Myrzakmatov
- Melis Myrzakmatov (Kyrgyz: ????? ???????????; Russian: ????? ???????????) (born April 18, 1969) was the mayor of Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second largest city, from 26 January 2009 until 5 December 2013.
- Myrzakmatov is known for being a radical nationalist leader and openly bearing an ethnic Kyrgyz-first policy.
- He is also widely believed to be involved in organized crime.When Myrzakmatov was the mayor of Osh, he largely ignored the capital Bishkek in his actions.
- This situation did not change even after the northerner Almazbek Atambayev was elected president in December 2011.
- Senior members of Atambayev's administration expressed "dismay at tensions in the south but say they have no way of influencing the situation there."On 5 December 2013, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Zhantoro Satybaldiyev issued a decree and dismissed Myrzakmatov from his post as mayor of Osh.
- Despite being dismissed, Myrzakmatov was allowed to take part in a new mayoral election that was held on January 15, 2014.
- He was defeated by pro-presidential candidate Aitmamat Kadyrbaev.
- Both Myrzakmatov's dismissal and his defeat in the election provoked mass protests by his supporters.
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