Ministry of Defense (Kazakhstan)

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh:Қазақстан Республикасының Қорғаныс министрлігі) is a government agency of Kazakhstan which is the main executive body in implementing military policy. The Defense Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the head of the Ministry of Defense, whose duties are to exercise the administrative leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The ministry was established in May 1992 and is currently headed by Nurlan Ermekbaev. The first Minister of Defense was Army General Sagadat Nurmagambetov who served from May 1992 to October 16, 1995.

Functions
The Ministry of Defense conducts the following tasks:


 * Implements the state defense policy, military-political and military-economic management of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
 * To act as the headquarters of the armed forces
 * To carry out its activities in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
 * To serve as a legal entity in the organizational and legal form of a state institution
 * Makes decisions drawn up by orders and directives of the Minister of Defense and Kazakh Government

General Staff


The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the main body for the management of the armed forces of the state in peacetime and wartime, coordinates the development of plans for the construction and development of the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations, their operational, combat and mobilization training, organizes and carries out strategic planning application and interaction of the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations, and also develops a plan for the operational equipment of the country's territory in defense.

Cadets Corps
The Cadet Corps of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan named after Shoqan Walikhanov (Russian: Кадетский корпус Министерства обороны Республики Казахстан имени Чокана Валиханова) is a insitution of the ministry that was formed on 1 July 1996 as a secondary school that prepared Kazakh youth for service in the military and for leadership as junior army, navy, and air force commanders. A similar task is done today by the Astana Zhas Ulan Republican School. A month after its formation, the corps had 96 enlisted cadets, most of whom came from the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School (now the Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces). On its first graduation day on July 29, 1999, where 11 cadets graduated from the corps and enrolled in higher educational institutions, the corps received its own battle flag by the then head of the corps, Colonel Kuangaliev and defense minister Mukhtar Altynbayev. The corps is currently based in the city of Shchuchinsk in the Akmola Region.

List of Defence Ministers of Kazakhstan



 * Sagadat Nurmagambetov, May 1992 – 16 October 1995,
 * Alybek Kasimov, 16 October 1995 – 30 October 1996,
 * Mukhtar Altynbayev, 30 October 1996 – 9 August 1999,
 * vacant from 9 August to 13 October 1999,
 * Sat Tokpakbayev, 13 October 1999 – 8 December 2001
 * Mukhtar Altynbayev, 8 December 2001 – 10 January 2007
 * Daniyal Akhmetov, 10 January 2007 – 24 June 2009
 * Adilbek Zhaksybekov, 24 June 2009 – 3 April 2014
 * Serik Akhmetov, 3 April – 22 October 2014
 * Imangali Tasmagambetov, 22 October 2014 – 13 September 2016
 * Saken Zhasuzakov 13 September 2016 – 7 August 2018
 * Nurlan Ermekbaev since 7 August 2018

Links

 * Official Website and