What is known about the new head of the Ministry of Health, Damirbek Osmonov?

Юлия Воробьева Health
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Damirbek Osmonov has been appointed as the acting Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, replacing Kanybek Dosmambetov, who held this position since December 2025.

Damirbek Osmonov was born on January 12, 1982, in Osh.

From 1999 to 2005, he studied at the medical faculty of Hacettepe University in Turkey under a government program.

After that, from April 2006 to April 2012, he completed his residency at the Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital in Istanbul.

From April to November 2012, Osmonov worked in the cardiology department of Taksim German Hospital in Turkey.

From November 2012 to 2015, he served as the head of the cardiology department at the Sema Clinic in Almaty.

Since March 2016, Osmonov has been working as a cardiologist, as well as a functional diagnostics physician, interventional cardiologist, and invasive arrhythmologist, serving as the chief physician of the BIKARD clinic.

Additionally, he is a member of organizations such as the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), and the American College of Cardiology.

Damirbek Osmonov also serves as the editor-in-chief of the international publication World Research Journal of Cardiology and is a visiting professor at the Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University.

He was a member of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Health and received the "Dank" medal in December 2022 by the decree of President Sadyr Japarov.
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