Kyrgyztest head: Japarov will not need to take state language test

Batma Topoyeva-Stavinskaya, head of the state institution Kyrgyztest, told journalists that President Sadyr Japarov may not need to confirm his Kyrgyz language skills if he runs in the presidential election scheduled for 27 January 2027.

She said that in 2020, while a candidate, Japarov received a state language certificate at the B2 level. “The president’s results were very good, because he really knows the language very well, above the required level. There is no need to confirm his knowledge again,” Topoyeva-Stavinskaya said. She added that the certificates do not expire.

The Constitutional Law on Elections of the Kyrgyz Republic requires presidential candidates to have a command of the state language at an “above average” level for professional activity in all spheres of communication. The level is set by requirements approved by the Cabinet and must be confirmed by a certificate of the established form.