Murat Bektanov
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Murat Käribaiūly Bektanov is a Kazakh former military leader and was the Minister of Defence. He previously served as the Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Kazakh Ground Forces.
Bektanov in 2019
Bektanov in a 2003 Lincoln Town Car during a military parade on Independence Square, May 2017.
Ruslan Jaqsylyqov
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Ruslan Fatihūly Jaqsylyqov is a Kazakh colonel general serving as the First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Kazakhstan. He previously served as Minister of Defence from 2022 to 2025.
Murat Bektanov
…11 January 2022 he was reappointed as the Minister of Defense in the Smaiylov Cabinet. On 19 January 2022, he was relieved of the post and replaced by Ruslan Jaqsylyqov. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev claimed Bektanov did not show good leadership during the 2022 Kazakh unrest. A month later, Bektanov was detained and…
Jaqsylyqov in 2023