President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has signed decrees officially appointing Damirbek Osmonov as Minister of Health and Erlist Akunbekov as Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry.

Both candidates were approved by parliament before the presidential decrees were issued, The Caspian Post reports via Kyrgyz media.

Prior to their formal appointments, Osmonov and Akunbekov had been serving in an acting capacity.