Zurdinov Abai Ashiralievich

Acting Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations and Law at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Biography

Zurdinov Abai Ashiralievich Is acting associate professor of the Department of International Relations and Law at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

He studied Business and Management at Westminster International College (Malaysia) and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Kyrgyz National University. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Law and Socio-Political Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic.

His professional career combines academic, expert and managerial work. He is the head of the Department of State and Legal Research and Expertise at the Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic; he previously worked as a research fellow at the same institute and has also held positions in both public and private organisations.

He has experience in international research at the Harvard University Centre for International Affairs. He has worked at the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Chui Region and at the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture of the Kyrgyz Republic, and has also practised law in the private sector.

He is the author of 12 academic articles, two teaching guides and one textbook. He has been awarded Certificates of Honour by the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Bishkek City Council.

Subjects taught:

• Theory of the State and Law
• Constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic and Foreign Countries
• Comparative Law