Lone Woman Approved For Kyrgyz Presidential Bid, RadioFreeEurope (2009) —
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Lone Woman Approved For Kyrgyz Presidential Bid, RadioFreeEurope (2009)

Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission has registered the only female applicant bidding to compete in July's presidential election. Toktaiym Umetalieva, the 49-year-old chairwoman of the Association of Nongovernmental and Nonprofit Organizations, was the country's first-ever female candidate for president when she ran against eventual winner Kurmanbek Bakiev in 2005.

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