Kurmanbek Zhoroev, veteran of Kyrgyzstan's judicial system, dies

Kurmanbek Zhoroev was born on December 25, 1952, in the village of Sakaldy in the Leninsky district (now Nooken district) of Osh region.

Career in the Kyrgyz Republic's judicial system

Zhoroev began his professional career at the Ministry of Justice of the Kirghiz SSR as a consultant in the judicial bodies department in 1979, and started his judicial career in 1980 when he was elected a judge of the Sokuluk district people's court.

1. In June 1987 he was elected a judge of the Frunze city court by the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR.
2. In 1990, at a plenary session of the Supreme Soviet, he was elected a judge of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic, where he served until 2000.
3. In 2000, Zhoroev became a judge of the CIS Economic Court.
4. In 2006–2007 he served as commissioner of the National Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Prevention of Corruption.
5. In March 2007 he was again elected a judge of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic, and that same year he was awarded the highest qualification class of judge.

He served as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic until his retirement in 2016. In 2005, he was awarded the honorary title "Honored Lawyer of the Kyrgyz Republic" by decree of the president of the Kyrgyz Republic.