Saken Zhasuzakov
Saken Zhasuzakov | |
|---|---|
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 Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Kazakhstan |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army Kazakh Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1978–2019 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Battles/wars | |
Saken Adilkhanuly Zhasuzakov (
Biography
He was born in Chaldar, a village in Southern Kazakhstan in 1957.
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
Exactly a year later, he retired from the military.Awards
USSR
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree (1989)
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" 2nd and 3rd Degree
- Breastplate "Soldiers-Internationalists"
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 Kazakhstan"
Foreign
Medal of Zhukov
Medal "60th Anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders"
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"- Jubilee Medal "60 years of Ukraine's liberation from Nazi invaders"
Medal "50th Anniversary of the Mongolian People's Republic"- Medal "Military Cooperation"
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
- Minister of Defense (Kazakhstan)
- Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
References
- ^ "Kazakh President Appoints New Defense Minister". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 7 August 2018. 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). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Сакен Жасузаков получил новую должность". zakon.kz. 7 August 2018. 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.