Zamira Sydykova (
Kyrgyz and
Russian: Замира Сыдыкова; born
1960) is the
Kyrgyz ambassador to the
United States and
Canada, having been appointed to that position by
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.Sydykova was born in what is now
Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. At the time of her birth the city was known as Frunze and was the capital of the
Kyrgyz SSR, a subdivision of the
Soviet Union. The city changed its name to Bishkek after gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.Sydykova studied journalism at the prestigious
Moscow State University and after graduating began working as a reporter for the popular newspaper, Komsomolets Kirgizii, the local organ of the
Soviet communist party's youth wing,
Komsomol. In 1992, after Kyrgyzstan became independent, she founded the country's first independent newspaper, Respublika ("Republic") and as editor-in-chief she struggled to promote freedom of the press and the concept of an open society. Her criticism of then president
Askar Akayev and his increasingly authoritarian regime resulted in her arrest and imprisonment, along with repeated attempts by the authorities to close down the newspaper.
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