November 1981 - December 1983

Service in the Soviet Army

1984 - 1986

Continued to work at the secondary school named after Toktogul in the village Akman, Kyrgyz Republic

September 1986

Laboratory assistant, Senior preparator, Senior laboratory assistant of the Osh State Pedagogical Institute

1987 - 1991

Teacher of physics and mathematics at a secondary school, Methodologist of the methodological office of the department of education at the Bazar-Korgon district, Kyrgyz Republic

April 1991

Head of the regional department for antimonopoly policy and business support of the Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyz Republic

1991 - 1992

Chairman of the political party «Erkin Kyrgyzstan»

September 1991

Elected a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, a member of the Committee of the Council of the Republics on Legal Issues

1992 - 1994

Deputy Head of the State Administration of the Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyz Republic

From 1994 to present-day

Chairman of the «Ata Meken» Socialist Party. Temporarily suspended membership in the party from February 3, 2022

1990-1995

Deputy of the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic

1995 - 2000

Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic of the first convocation, Chairman of the Committee on State Structure and Legality

2000 - 2005

Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Zhogorku Kenesh of the Second convocation. In 2000-2001 was Deputy Toraga (Chairman) of the Legislative Assembly of the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic

2002

Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Conference

2005 – 2007

Deputy of the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic of the Third convocation

2005 – 2006

Toraga (Speaker) of the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic

2005

Chairman of the Constitutional Conference

April – July 2010

Deputy Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and was appointed as responsible for carrying out constitutional reforms in the country - Chairman of the Constitutional Conference

October 2010

Elected a Deputy of the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic of the 4th convocation, Leader of the «Ata Meken» parliamentary faction

January 2012

Head of the Commission for further reforming the judicial system of the Kyrgyz Republic

2015

Elected a Deputy of the Zhogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic of the 5th convocation, Leader of the «Ata Meken» parliamentary faction

2011 - 2016

Member of the Delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

2013 – 2017

Member of the Venice Commission (European Commission for Democracy through Law)