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The Chief of the General Staff of the Kazakh Armed Forces (Kazakh: Қазақстан Қарулы Күштері Бас штабының бастығы, romanized: Qazaqstan Qaruly Küşterı Bas ştabynyñ bastyğy; Russian: Начальник Генерального штаба Вооруженных сил Казахстана) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He/She is the highest-ranking officer in the armed forces. The position was established on November 1992, following the establishment of the armed forces in the summer of that year, two days after the general staff of the national army was established.[2][3]
Chief of the General Staff of the Kazakh Armed Forces | |
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Қазақстан Қарулы Күштері Бас штабының бастығы | |
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Ministry of Defense | |
Member of | General Staff of Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Reports to | Minister of Defense |
Residence | Astana |
Appointer | President of Kazakhstan |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Kazakhstan |
Precursor | Chief of Staff of the Central Asian Military District |
Formation | November 1992 |
First holder | Colonel general Alybek Kasimov |
Unofficial names | Chief of Staff |
Deputy | Major General Ruslan Shpekbayev[1] |
Website | Armed Forces of Kazakhstan |
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Alybek Kasimov (born 1954) | Colonel generalNovember 1992 | 16 October 1995 | 2 years, 11 months | [4] | |
2 | Alikhan Jarbulov (born 1955) | Major general30 October 1996 | 14 October 1997 | 11 months | . | |
3 | Bakhytzhan Ertaev (born 1952) | Lieutenant general14 October 1997 | 7 August 2000 | 2 years, 9 months | . | |
4 | Malik Sarapov (1958–2003) | Lieutenant general12 October 2001 | May 2003 | 1 year, 6 months | . |
No. | Portrait | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Malik Sarapov (1958–2003) | Lieutenant generalMay 2003 | June 2003 | 1 month | . | |
2 | Bulat Darbekov (born 1957) | Lieutenant generalJuly 2003 | 10 January 2007 | 3 years, 6 months | . | |
3 | Mukhtar Altynbayev (born 1945) | Army general10 January 2007 | 11 March 2010 | 3 years, 2 months | . | |
4 | Saken Zhasuzakov (born 1957) | Colonel general11 March 2010 | 23 January 2013 | 2 years, 10 months | [5] |
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Saken Zhasuzakov (born 1957) | Colonel general23 January 2013 | 13 September 2016 | 3 years, 234 days | [6] | |
2 | Murat Maikeyev (born 1959) | Lieutenant general13 September 2016 | 5 April 2019 | 2 years, 204 days | [7] | |
3 | Murat Bektanov (born 1965) | Major general5 April 2019 | 31 August 2021 | 2 years, 148 days | [8] | |
4 | Marat Khusainov (born 1967) | Major general6 September 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 365 days | [9] |
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