He graduated at the
Kyrgyz National University's history faculty (1982). He also studied in Ukraine. In 1989–95, he was a member of the Association of the Young Historians of Kyrgyzstan. He worked at the
Osh State University in the city of Osh in Southern Kyrgyzstan as a teacher (1990–1992). He was first elected in 1995 as a member of the legislative assembly, after he helped set up the
Erkin Kyrgyzstan Progressive Democratic Party political party. In 2000 he was given a fresh mandate, and two years later was elected Kyrgyzstan's first Ombudsman. He served in the position until February 2008. Regularly vocal in his opposition to
Askar Akayev, the Kyrgyz President ousted on 24 March 2005 during the
Tulip Revolution, Bakir Uulu called for the abolishment of the
death penalty, the release of
Felix Kulov from prison, an end to the ban on the Islamic movement
Hizb ut Tahrir, and called the
2005 legislative election the least free and fair the nation had ever seen. Bakir Uulu ran in July 2005 presidential elections and lost to former president
Kurmanbek Bakiev. Since 2009 he is the Kyrgyz Ambassador to
Malaysia. He was elected to the Kyrgyz Parliament in October 2010 as a member of the
Ar-Namys party, and was sworn in as a member of parliament on November 10, 2010. ==Electoral history==