Marat Amankulov

Marat Askerovich Amankulov (; 24 March 1970 – 1 January 2026) was a Kyrgyz politician who was a member of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan.

Early life and education Amankulov was born on 24 March 1970 in the village of Jeti-Ögüz in Issyk-Kul Oblast in the Kirgiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan. In 1985 he finished his studies at Vasil'yevskiy Secondary School in Jeti-Oguz and then studied for three years at Technical College №37 in Frunze, receiving a qualification for a driver-mechanic. In 2004 he graduated from Kyrgyz State National University with a degree in jurisprudence.

Career

Soviet Army and light industry exporter, 1988–2008 Amankulov served in the Soviet Army between 1988 and 1990 as part of the Western Group of Forces in East Germany; after leaving, he started work in the same year as an exporter of light industry. Amankulov stated that "The ideology of our party is Eurasianism, and that is what we are aspiring toward", and that "thirty years of life in independence have shown us that the time has come for us to rethink and return to the fold".

Personal life and death Amankulov was married to Venera (maiden name unknown), who was born and raised in Bishkek and also studied economics there; her parents originate from Talas.