Career
From March 26, 2005 he was made Acting Minister of Defense, and appointed Minister of Defense in September 2005, serving until May 26, 2008, when he was made Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic. Isakov met with United States. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2005, announcing the United States. could continue to use the Manas Air Base in support of the war in Afghanistan.