Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces (Kazakhstan)
Commander-in-Chief of the Kazakh Ground Forces | |
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Incumbent since 5 November 2020Major General Talgat Koibakov | |
Ministry of Defense | |
Style | Comrade |
Status | Active |
Member of | Security Council of Kazakhstan |
Reports to | Chief of the General Staff |
Residence | Nur-Sultan |
Appointer | ![]() |
Term length | No fixed length |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Kazakhstan |
Precursor | Commanders-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces |
Formation | February 1994 |
The Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces (Kazakh: Құрлық әскерлерінің бас қолбасшысы; Russian: Главнокомандующий сухопутными войсками) is the professional head of the Kazakh Ground Forces. He/she is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Ground Forces. The current Commander is Major General Talgat Koibakov.
The position of the Commander of the Ground Forces, as well as the state institution that is the Directorate of the Commander of the Ground Forces did not exist from July 2000 to June 2002 and from November 2004[1] to April 2009. In the indicated periods, the Ground Forces of Kazakhstan did not have their own centralized command and control body. On 14 June 2002, the office was created.[2] The ground forces, in addition to regional commands, were subordinate to the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces.[3]
List of Commanders
[edit]No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. | ||
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1 | Fedor Shcherbakov (1947–2022) | February 1994 | 6 July 2000 | 6 years, 5 months | [4] | |||
Position unfilled (14 June 14, 2002 – 15 September 2003) | ||||||||
2 | Nurlan Dzhulamanov (born 1956) | Lieutenant general15 September 2003 | 12 November 2004 | 1 year, 1 month | [5] | |||
4 | Saken Zhasuzakov (born 1957) | Major general1 April 2009 | 11 March 2010 | 11 months | [6] | |||
5 | Murat Maikeyev (born 1959) | Major general11 March 2010 | 28 September 2016 | 5 years, 6 months | [7] | |||
6 | Murat Bektanov (born 1965) | Major general28 September 2016 | 4 May 2019 | 2 years, 7 months | [8][9] | |||
7 | Marat Khusainov (born 1967) | Major general4 May 2019 | 5 November 2020 | 1 year, 6 months | [10][11] | |||
8 | Talgat Koibakov | Major General5 November 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 9 months | [12] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан № 1189 от 12 ноября 2004 года «О мерах по реализации Указа Президента Республики Казахстан "О некоторых вопросах совершенствования структуры Вооруженных Сил Республики Казахстан""". www.online.zakon.kz. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ "Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан от 14 июня 2002 года N 649 «О создании государственного учреждения "Управление Командующего Сухопутными войсками Вооруженных Сил Республики Казахстан""". www.online.zakon.kz. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ^ "Kazakhstan - Regional Commands".
- ^ Щербаков Фёдор Иванович на сайте выпускников Ташкентского общевойскового командного училища
- ^ "Trial of former head of Border Service of Kazakhstan set for Jan 26".
- ^ "Saken Zhasuzakov appointed as Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan". primeminister.kz. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Мурат Майкеев освобожден от должности начальника Генштаба ВС".
- ^ "Murat Bektanov appointed new commander of Kazakh ground forces". Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
- ^ "Назарбаев освободил от должностей двух руководителей регионального командования". Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ Назарбаев освободил от должностей двух руководителей регионального командования
- ^ "Токаев назначил главнокомандующего сухопутными войсками". новости Казахстана (in Russian). 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ "President names Commander-in-Chief of Kazakh Land Forces". 5 November 2020.