Career
A long-time governor of Osh oblast, then comprising the entire southern part of present-day Kyrgyzstan, he rose to the position of Chairman of the Council of Ministers (ie, Prime Minister) of the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic in 1978. He was assassinated on 4 December 1980 under circumstances that have never been fully explained. Turdakun Usubaliev was growing uncomfortable with Ibraimov"s popularity and some support that Ibraimov could get in Moscow to replace him.
He is believed to have decided therefore to eliminate Ibraimov, at a time when the entire Soviet system was sinking deeply into corruption and it was easy to organise such an assassination by Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) operatives.
Ibraimov continues to be held in high esteem in the country. Eponyms Street after Sultan Ibraimov, one of the central streets in Bishkek, renamed from Pravda Street in 1993.
Osh Kyrgyz Drama Theater named after Sultan Ibraimov in 1996. Papan Reservoir named after Sultan Ibraimov.
Memorials Sultan Ibraimov"s memorial near Osh Kyrgyz Drama Theater named after Sultan Ibraimov.
