Saken Zhasuzakov
Saken Zhasuzakov | |
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| Director of the National Defense University | |
| Assumed office 7 August 2018 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| 9th Minister of Defense | |
| In office 13 September 2016 – 7 August 2018 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Imangali Tasmagambetov |
| Succeeded by | Nurlan Ermekbaev |
| 4th Chairman of the Joint Staff Committee | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 13 September 2016 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Mukhtar Altynbayev |
| Succeeded by | Murat Maikeyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 October 1957 South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Kazakhstan |
| Branch/service |  Kazakh Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1978–present |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Battles/wars | |
Saken Adilkhanuly Zhasuzakov (Kazakh: Sáken Ádilhanuly Jasuzaqov / Сәкен Әділханұлы Жасұзақов) 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.[2] From September 1987 to June 1990 he was a pupil of the M. V. Frunze Military Academy.[2] 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, First Deputy Commander of Land Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 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]
Education
- 1978 — Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School
- 1990 — M. V. Frunze Military Academy
- 1996 — Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Awards
- USSR:
- Kazakhstan:
- Order of Dunk 1st Degree (2012)
- Order of Dunk 2nd Degree (2001)
- Medal "10 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "10 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "10 Years of the Constitution of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "10 years of Astana"
- Medal "20 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "20 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" 2nd and 3rd Degree
- Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation"
- Medal "20 Years of Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Jubilee Medal "20 years of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Russia:
- Belarus:
- Kyrgyzstan:
- Ukraine:
- Mongolia:
- Medal "50th Anniversary of the Mongolian People's Republic"
- Medal "Military Cooperation"
- Tajikistan:
- Medal "5 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"
- Medal "15 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
See also
References
- ^ "Kazakh President Appoints New Defense Minister". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- ^ a b c "Sagintayev Bakytzhan Abdirovich - Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan". primeminister.kz. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Правительство Республики Казахстан - Ministry of Defence". www.government.kz. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Saken Zhasuzakov appointed as Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan". primeminister.kz. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Saken Zhasuzakov named Minister of Defense". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Сакен Жасузаков получил новую должность". zakon.kz. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ "Kazakh President Appoints New Defense Minister". rferl.org. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ "Meeting with the leadership of Defence Ministry — Official site of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan". akorda.kz. Retrieved 2018-09-26.