sooronbay sharipovich jeenbekov (, "sooronbay şaripoviç (şarip uulu) jéénbekov"; or sooronbay zheenbekov; born 16 november 1958) is a kyrgyz politician. he was the president of kyrgyzstan. he officially took office on 24 november 2017. he was also the prime minister of kyrgyzstan from april 2016 to august 2017. he resigned on 15 october 2020 due to the 2020 kyrgyzstan protests.