Igor Petrishenko, the CIS First Deputy Secretary-General, will head the CIS Observation Mission for the presidential elections in the Kyrgyz Republic. His candidacy was approved at a meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives, held in Minsk on October 27, 2026.
The presidential elections in the Kyrgyz Republic are scheduled for January 27, 2027. The official election campaign will begin at the end of December this year.
The upcoming election campaign will feature a number of innovations. In particular, to enhance transparency on the voting day, the Public Observation Center will be established for the first time. It will be open to citizens, observers and the media.
It should be recalled that the upcoming presidential election campaign in Kyrgyzstan will be the 137th election observed by the CIS Observation Mission. The Mission and its Headquarters are expected to begin operations in Bishkek in early January 2027.