With the adoption of its new constitution by referendum on June 27, 2010, Kyrgyzstan made history by becoming only the second state in post-Soviet Eurasia (after Moldova, and not including the Baltics) to adopt a “parliamentary-style” form of government. Equally worth noting is the fact that Kyrgyzstan is the only post-Soviet state to depose two directly-elected presidents within five years via popular mobilization. Not coincidentally, it has also changed its constitution and electoral laws most frequently. […]
Memo #:
108
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2
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PDF URL:
http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/pepm_108.pdf
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum
Affiliation
University of Michigan
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Methodology, Political Science, former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
