国际英语新闻:Kyrgyzstan president appoints new PM

BISHKEK, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev signed a decrees on Saturday, appointing the new government prime minister and the cabinet members, which was approved by the parliament on Friday.

On Friday, during an extraordinary session of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, the lawmakers approved Chief of the President's Office Sapar Isakov to be the new prime minister. His program and Cabinet members have also been approved.

"President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signed a decree on appointing Sapar Isakov the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic," the Kyrgyz presidential press service reported.

Forty-year-old Isakov is the youngest Prime Minister ever in Kyrgyzstan history.

Isakov has been working as chief of the President's Office since last March. Before that, he was the chief of the foreign policy department of the President's Office.

The government of Sooronbay Jeenbekov, who was nominated to run for presidency from the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK), resigned as prime minister on Tuesday to participate in the presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 15.