In 1966 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute, and for several years he worked in the construction industry. After joining the
Communist Party in 1969, he rose through party structures, becoming first secretary of the
Komsomol in
Osh Region. In 1983 he became Construction Minister in the Kyrgyz Soviet Republic. He was the
Vice President of Kyrgyzstan from December 1990 to January 1991. In January 1991 he became Prime Minister of the Republic of
Kyrgyzstan. He was killed on 29 November 1991 in a car crash in the outskirts of the capital. He is buried in Ala-Archa cemetery in
Bishkek. In 2003, a monument in honor of Isanov was erected in Erkindik Boulevard. He was the only Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan to die in office until the death of
Jumabek Ibraimov in 1999. ==References==