Elvira Surabaldieva was the Vice-Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan on Social Affairs (2020-2021), and has been a Member of Parliament and a member of the Social-Democrat Party of Kyrgyzstan from 2015 to 2020. Elvira worked at the Parliamentarian Committee on Economic and Fiscal Policy, and was a member of the Kyrgyz delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). She also worked at the Social Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic from 2004 to 2006. Elvira graduated from the University of Bristol (UK) in 2003, and is a specialist in international relations.