Murat Maikeyev

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Lieutenant General

Murat Maikeyev
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Native name
Murat Jáleluly Maıkeev
Мұрат Жәлелұлы Майкеев
Born (1959-11-09) 9 November 1959 (age 62)
Aktobe, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Kazakhstan
Service/branchCoat of arms military-of-kazakhstan.svg Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Years of service1980–present
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldChief of the General Staff
RelationsMukhtar Maykeyev (brother)

Murat Maikeyev (Kazakh: Murat Maıkeev / Мұрат Майкеев) is a Kazakh military figure who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019.[1]

Biography[]

He was born on 9 November 1959 in the Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan. He entered the Soviet Army at age 21 and attended the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School in 1980. In 1994, he attended the Frunze Military Academy in Russia. In September 2003, Maikeyev was appointed commander of the Airmobile Forces of the Armed Forces.[2] In March 2010, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. On 28 June 2014 Maikeyev graduated from the Military Academy of Belarus.[3] On 15 September 2016 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[4] He was relieved of his duties on 5 April 2019.[5]

Awards[]

Maikeyev in combat uniform.
  • Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3 degrees[6]
  • , 2nd degree (2001)[7]
  • Order of Glory, 1st degree (2017)[8]
  • Order of Glory, 2nd degree (2012)
  • Medal "Astana"
  • Medal "10 years of Astana"
  • Medal "For Contribution to the Development of International Cooperation"
  • Medal "For participation in peacekeeping operations"
  • Medal "10 years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "10 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "20 years of the Armed forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "For Impeccable Service" 2nd and 3rd degrees
  • Medal "70 years of the Armed forces of the USSR"
  • Medal "60 years of the liberation of the Republic of Belarus from Nazi invaders"
  • Medal "5 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"
  • Medal "10 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"
  • Medal of Zhukov
  • Army General Margelov Medal
  • Medal "For the military cooperation of the and the Soviet Army"
  • Medal "70 years of the creation of the Airborne Troops of the USSR"

References[]

  1. ^ "Former Commander in Chief of Kazakhstan's ground forces, Murat Maikeyev, was earlier appointed to the post of the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister of Kazakhstan".
  2. ^ "Каирбек Сулейменов оставался без работы только трое суток | Номад | 16.09.2003". www.nomad.su. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  3. ^ "Военная академия Республики Беларусь". varb.mil.by. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  4. ^ "Кадровые перестановки | Номад | 16.09.2016". www.nomad.su. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  5. ^ https://m.kapital.kz/naznacheniya/77269/murat-majkeev-osvobozhden-ot-dolzhnosti-nachalnika-genshtaba-vs.html
  6. ^ "Указ Президента РК от 10.12.2001 № 737". Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  7. ^ Участие в церемонии вручения государственных наград
  8. ^ В Акорде Верховный Главнокомандующий вручил военнослужащим и сотрудникам специальных служб ордена "Даңқ" 1 и 2 степени
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