Baktybek Bekbolotov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Asankaliyevich and the family name is Bekbolotov.

Baktybek Bekbolotov
Бактыбек Бекболотов
Bekbolotov in 2021
Minister of Defense
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 September 2021
President	Sadyr Japarov
Preceded by	Taalaibek Omuraliev
Personal details
Born	(1964-10-15) 15 October 1964 (age 60) Tyup, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)

Baktybek Asankaliyevich Bekbolotov (Kyrgyz: Бекболотов Асанкалы уулу Бактыбек; born 15 October 1964) is a Kyrgyz lieutenant general who is currently Minister of Defence of Kyrgyzstan since 6 September 2021.^[1]

Biography

Baktybek Bekbolotov was born in the village of Tyup, Issyk-Kul Region on 15 October 1964. He is a member of the Kyrgyz tribe Bugu.^[2]

He graduated from high school. From 1983 to 1985, he served in the Central Asian Military District.

In 1989, he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Artillery Command School.^{[citation needed]}

He served in the military from 1989 to 1992 in the Western Group of Forces as an artillery platoon and battery commander. From 1992 to 1999, he served as commander of an artillery battery, chief of staff, commander of a division, chief of artillery, commander of an artillery regiment and military commandant of the garrison of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan.^{[citation needed]}

From 1999 to 2001, he studied at the Military Artillery University in Saint Petersburg. From 2001 to 2007, he was the head of the artillery unit and the commander of a separate unit, and from 2007 to 2008, he was the head of the operational department.^{[citation needed]}

He served as First Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff of the National Guard - from July 24, 2008 to November 13, 2009.^[1][2] He headed the Military Institute of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan from 2012 to 2014.^{[citation needed]}

From 2014 to 2015, he completed a full course of study at the Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, after which he was appointed commander of the 8th Guards Motorized Rifle Division named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General I.V. Panfilov. In 2017, he was appointed Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces of Kyrgyzstan, and then later retired from the army.^{[citation needed]} He served as Chairman of the Board of JSC "Bishkek Machine-Building Plant".^[1]

On 6 September 2021, by presidential decree, Bekbolotov was appointed Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan, replacing Taalaibek Omuraliev.^[3] At the time of his appointment, he had the rank of colonel to major general and was promoted on 7 September.^[4] Together with other members of the Cabinet of Ministers, he received a vote of confidence from the Parliament (Zhogorku Kenesh) on 13 October and took the oath on the same day.^[5]

The press associated the appointment of Bekbolotov with the growing tension in the region caused by the seizure of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan:^[6] this also justified the decision to conduct the Frontier-2021 exercises.^[7]

References

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2. "БЕКБОЛОТОВ Бактыбек Асанкалиевич". centrasia.org. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
3. Мундузбек Калыков (2021-09-06). "Новым министром обороны назначен Бактыбек Бекболотов". kloop.kg. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
4. Аида Джумашова (2021-09-06). "Министром обороны стал глава машиностроительного завода Бактыбек Бекболотов". 24.kg. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
5. Nazir Aliyev Tayfur, Olga Keskin (2021-10-13). "Новое правительство Кыргызстана получило вотум доверия в парламенте". Агентство Анадолу. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
6. Санджар Хамидов (2021-09-15). "Иран: долгая дорога в ШОС". Голос Америки. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
7. "Силы быстрого развёртывания ОДКБ провели операцию по ликвидации вооруженных формирований в ходе заключительного этапа учения "Рубеж-2021" в Киргизии". Интерфакс-АВН. 2021-09-09. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.