Born in 1976, Kyrgyz businessman Aydar Akayev was the son of the former President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev. Aydar studied management and business at the University of Maryland, graduating in 1998. From 2004 to 2005 he concurrently served as both the President of the National Olympic Committee of Kyrgyzstan and the President of the Boxing Federation of Kyrgyzstan. In January 2005 Akayev was controversially elected to parliament. This along with other election results started the Tulip Revolution, resulting in the ousting of Aydar Akayev as President of the country, with the family fleeing to Kazakhstan before settling in Moskva. Aydar died in February 2020 at the age of 43 from a heart attack.
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