Chief of the General Staff (Uzbekistan) explained

Body:the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan
Native Name:O'zbekiston Mudofaa vazirligining Bosh shtabi boshlig'i
Flag:Flag of the Ministry of defence of Uzbekistan.jpg
Flagsize:125px
Flagcaption:Flag of the Ministry of Defence
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Joint Staff
Incumbent:Major General Shukhrat Kholmukhamedov
Incumbentsince:23 March 2021
Department:Ministry of Defence
Member Of:General Staff of Armed Forces of Uzbekistan
National Security Council
Reports To:Minister of Defense
Seat:Tashkent
Nominator:Prime Minister of Uzbekistan
Appointer:President of Uzbekistan
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Uzbekistan
Precursor:Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces
Formation:September 2000
Deputy:Deputy Chief of the General Staff
Post:Chief of the General Staff

The Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan is the highest-ranking military officer of in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan, who is responsible for maintaining the operational command of the military and control over three of the five service branches (Uzbek Ground Forces, Uzbek Air Forces and the Uzbek Naval Forces). Unlike the Minister of Defence, the Chief of the General Staff is required to be a commissioned officer who at least holds the rank of colonel (Polkovnik). Another differentiator between the two positions is that the Chief of the General Staff is not political position while the defense minister can be an active member of the political discourse.

The chief performs the following duties in their role: