Commander of the Army (Kyrgyzstan)

Commander of the Kyrgyz Army
Patch of Kyrgyz Armed Forces
Standard of the Armed Forces
Incumbent Colonel Almazbek Karasartov since 19 January 2019
Ministry of Defense
Style	Comrade
Status	Active
Member of	General Staff of Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Residence	Bishkek
Appointer	President of Kyrgyzstan
Term length	No fixed length
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Kyrgyzstan
Precursor	Commanders-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces
Formation	25 January 2017
First holder	General Valentin Luk'yanov

The Commander of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic is the professional head of the Kyrgyz Army. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Kyrgyz Army. The current Commander is Colonel Almazbek Karasartov.

List of Chiefs

Kyrgyz Army

No.	Portrait	Commander of the Army	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Luk'yanov, ValentinGeneral Valentin Luk'yanov	10 December 1993	?	?

Kyrgyzstani Ground Forces

No.	Portrait	Commander of the Army	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Terdikbaev, ErlisColonel Erlis Terdikbayev	25 January 2017	3 May 2018	1 year, 98 days	[1]
2		Kiresheyev, NurlanColonel Nurlan Kiresheyev	3 May 2018	19 January 2019	261 days	[2]
3		Karasartov, AlmazbekColonel Almazbek Karasartov	19 January 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 139 days	[3]

References

1. Mokrenko, Anastasia (25 January 2017). "Land Forces established in Kyrgyzstan". 24.kg. «24.kg» News Agency. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
2. Mokrenko, Anastasia (3 May 2018). "Commander of land forces of Kyrgyzstan appointed". 24.kg. «24.kg» News Agency. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
3. "Алмазбек Карасартов назначен командующим Сухопутными войсками Вооруженных сил". 21 January 2019.