Murat Käribaiūly Bektanov is a Kazakh 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.
Murat Bektanov
Bektanov in a 2003 Lincoln Town Car during a military parade on Independence Square, May 2017.
Ministry of Defense (Kazakhstan)
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan 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 headquarters of the ministry.
Officers of the military police of Kazakhstan in black casual uniforms.
Medal "For Distinguished Service"