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

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

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

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

From April 2006 to April 2012, Osmonov completed his residency at the Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Research and Training Hospital in Istanbul.

From April to November 2012, he worked at Taksim German Hospital in Istanbul, specializing in cardiology.

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

Since March 2016, he has been working as a cardiologist, as well as a functional diagnostics physician and invasive arrhythmologist, leading the BIKARD clinic.

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

Additionally, he 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.

Damirbek Osmonov was also a member of the Academic Council at the Ministry of Health.

In December 2022, he was awarded the "Dank" medal by the decree of President Sadyr Japarov.
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