On Thursday deputies of Kyrgyz Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) approved Shamil Atakhanov as Minister of Internal Affairs, KirTAG reported.
Only one of the 103 registered deputies voted against. Thus, 102 out of 103 deputies voted for Atakhanov.
64 year old Shamil Atakhanov is a former head of the National Security Committee, a retired colonel and a member of the Social Democratic Party.