Qobul Berdiyev

Qobul Raimovich Berdiev (Russian: Кабул Раимович Бердиев, Uzbek: Qobul Rayimovich Berdiyev (born April 5, 1955) is an Uzbek military officer who has served as Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from September 17, 2008, to September 4, 2017. He holds the rank of Colonel General.[1]

Qobul Berdiev
Minister of Defense
In office
17 September 2008 – 4 September 2017
PresidentIslam Karimov
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Preceded byRuslan Mirzaev
Succeeded byAbdusalom Azizov
Personal details
Born (1955-04-05) 5 April 1955
Akkurgan District, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Uzbekistan
RankColonel General

Biography
Berdiyev being handed the Victory Banner by Sergei Shoigu.

Kabul Berdyev was born on April 5, 1955, in the Kurgan district of Tashkent Region. In 1976, he graduated from the Tashkent Higher Military Command School, and in 1988 from the M. V. Frunze Military Academy.

From 1976 to 1998 he served in various command and staff positions in the armed forces of the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan.

In 2002, he began teaching at the higher academic courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

In 1998–2000 he was deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan. In 2000 he was appointed as deputy chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces. In 2003–2006 he was head of the Tashkent Higher Combined-Arms Command School.

From 2006 to 2008 he was Minister of Emergency Situations.[2] From June 2008 to September 2008 he was Deputy Minister of Defense and Commander of the Southwest Military District. By presidential decree on 17 September 2008, he was appointed as Minister of Defence.[3] He was dismissed on 4 September 2017 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and was transferred to the Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan of which he was rector for a year.[4][5] On 1 May 2018, he was appointed head of the Civil Protection Institute of the Ministry of Emergencies.

References
  1. Ministry of Defence of Uzbekistan
  2. "Назначен новый министр обороны Республики Узбекистан"
  3. "Uzbek President Removes Veteran Defense Minister".
  4. "БЕРДЫЕВ (БЕРДИЕВ) Кабул Раимович | ЦентрАзия". centrasia.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  5. Узбекистана, Repost uz-срочные новости. "Экс-министр обороны Узбекистана Кабул Бердиев получил новую должность". repost.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-05-26.
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