Saken Zhasuzakov Explained

Saken Zhasuzakov
Office:Director of the National Defense University
President:Nursultan Nazarbayev
Successor:Lut Alchekenov
Term Start:7 August 2018
Term End:7 August 2019
Office2:9th Minister of Defense
President2:Nursultan Nazarbayev
Predecessor2:Imangali Tasmagambetov
Successor2:Nurlan Ermekbaev
Term Start2:13 September 2016
Term End2:7 August 2018
Office3:4th Chairman of the Joint Staff Committee
President3:Nursultan Nazarbayev
Predecessor3:Mukhtar Altynbayev
Successor3:Murat Maikeyev
Term Start3:11 March 2010
Term End3:13 September 2016
Birth Date:1957 10, df=yes
Birth Place:South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance:
Kazakhstan
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Serviceyears:1978–2019
Rank:Colonel General
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Native Name Lang:kk

Saken Adilkhanuly Zhasuzakov (Kazakh: Сәкен Әділханұлы Жасұзақов, Säken Ädılhanūly Jasūzaqov, in Kazakh pronounced as /sækʲen ædɘlχɑno̙ɫə ʐɑso̙zɑqəf/; born 27 October 1957) is a Kazakh politician and Colonel General in the Kazakh Ground Forces. He was Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan from September 2016 until August 2018.[1]

Biography

He was born in Chaldar, a village in Southern Kazakhstan in 1957.[2] [3] In 1978, Zhasuzakov graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School. From September 1987 to June 1990 he was a pupil of the M. V. Frunze Military Academy. In July 1994 he moved to Russia to attend the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. In 1996, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan.

In 2003, he became First Deputy Commander of Land Forces, and that same year he became Commander of the Regional Command "East". In April 2009, Zhasuzakov was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. From 2013 to 2016, Zhasuzakov was the First Deputy Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan. He was appointed as Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan by Presidential Decree on 13 September 2016.[4] [5]

He was replaced as defense minister on 7 August 2018 by Nurlan Ermekbaev.[6] [7] He currently heads the National Defence University in Astana.[8] Exactly a year later, he retired from the military.

Awards

USSR

Kazakhstan

Foreign

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Kazakh President Appoints New Defense Minister. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 7 August 2018 . en. 2018-08-07.
  2. Web site: Sagintayev Bakytzhan Abdirovich - Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. primeminister.kz. 2017-05-13.
  3. Web site: Правительство Республики Казахстан - Ministry of Defence. www.government.kz. en-gb. 2017-05-13.
  4. Web site: Saken Zhasuzakov appointed as Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan. primeminister.kz. 2017-05-13.
  5. Web site: Saken Zhasuzakov named Minister of Defense. www.inform.kz. 13 September 2016 . ru. 2017-05-13.
  6. Web site: Сакен Жасузаков получил новую должность. zakon.kz. 7 August 2018 . 2018-09-26.
  7. Web site: Kazakh President Appoints New Defense Minister. rferl.org. 2018-09-26.
  8. Web site: Meeting with the leadership of Defence Ministry - Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. akorda.kz. 2018-09-26.