Erlan Abdyldayev Эрла́н Беке́шович Абдылда́ев
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 6 September 2012 – 12 October 2018
President	Almazbek Atambayev Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Preceded by	Ruslan Kazakbayev
Succeeded by	Chingiz Aidarbekov
Personal details
Born	(1966-06-21) 21 June 1966 (age 57) Alma-Ata, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
Children	1
Parent	Bekesh Abdyldayev [ru] (father)
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Erlan Abdyldayev (Kyrgyz: Эрла́н Беке́шович Абдылда́ев) is a Kyrgyz diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan from 2012 to 2018.^[1]

Biography

Abdyldayev was born on 21 June 1966 in Alma-Ata, the capital of the Kazakh SSR. In 1989 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He worked in the embassies of Russia, and China from 1989 to 1994. In 2001, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kyrgyzstan to China, and the non-resident ambassador to Mongolia, Singapore, Thailand. On 6 September 2012 president Almazbek Atambayev appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan.^[2] He was replaced in October 2018 by the Kyrgyz Ambassador to Japan, Chingiz Aidarbekov.

Personal life

His father Bekesh Abdyldayev ^[ru] (1933–2013) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz filmmaker. He is Married with one son. He speaks Russian, Chinese, and English as well as his native Kyrgyz.

Awards

• Order of Friendship (April 2017)^[3]
• Honorary Doctor of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (October 2012)
• Honorary Member of the MGIMO Alumni Association^[4]