Kyrgyzstan President Appoints Chief Of Anti-Terrorism Center

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov speaking in parliament on April 11.

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has appointed Mirlan Turgunbekov as chief of the Anti-Terrorism Center of the Central Asian country's National Security Committee.

"President Jeenbekov has signed a decree appointing Turgunbekov as deputy chairman of the State National Security Committee and director of the committee's Anti-Terrorism Center," the president's press service said in an April 15 statement.

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Turgunbekov, 41, has worked in various positions in Kyrgyzstan's national security apparatus, the statement said.

With reporting by Interfax