Hikmatulla Tursunov
Colonel General Hikmatulla Kuchkarovich Tursunov (Uzbek: Hikmatilla Qoʻchqorovich Tursunov, Russian: Хикматулла Кучкарович Турсунов) is an Uzbek military officer who is the former Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from 1997 to 2000.[1][2][3][4][5]
Hikmatulla Tursunov | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office September 29, 1997 – February 20, 2000 | |
| President | Islam Karimov |
| Preceded by | Rustam Akhmedov |
| Succeeded by | Yuri Agzamov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1953 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Uzbekistan |
| Rank | Colonel General |
Career Timeline
- Joined the Soviet Army (1973)
- Graduated from the Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School (1977)
- Graduated from the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy (1989)
- First Deputy Head of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Service of Uzbekistan (1995–1996)
- Head of the Border Guard Directorate of the National Security Service of Uzbekistan (1996–1997)
- Deputy Defence Minister (1997)
- Minister of Defense of Uzbekistan (1997–2000)
References
- "ТУРСУНОВ Хикматулла". procella.ru. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017.
- "ТУРСУНОВ Хикматулла – ЦентрАзия". centrasia.org.
- "UZBEKISTAN REPLACES DEFENSE MINISTER". Jamestown.
- "HIGH-LEVEL REVIEW OF U.S.-UZBEK RELATIONS". Jamestown.
- Vassiliev, Alexei (September 1, 2013). Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-Soviet Era. Saqi. ISBN 9780863567742 – via Google Books.
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