The Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan,is the name of the unified armed forces of Uzbekistan,consisting of the Ground Force and the Air and Air Defence forces under the defence ministry). Paramilitary units include the National Guard,a Frontier Service and a River Force. It is reported to be the largest,and the strongest in Central Asia. 'The country [has] also began professionalizing its military,an effort that has only limited success and erratic government support. But even in Uzbekistan,these changes represent merely a modest beginning and most of the benefits are concentrated in a few elite,higher readiness formations rather than uniformly applied to the entire force. The Uzbek military is woefully inadequate,but it is far superior to its neighbours.'
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan,is a body of the Government of Uzbekistan that is charged with the internal affairs of Uzbekistan and oversees the national police. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was founded on 25 August 1991. It replaced the Soviet Interior Ministry. The current Minister of Internal Affairs is Pulat Bobojonov. The ministry holds joint control over the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It also administers the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,which is the official educational institution of the ministry.
The Uzbek Ground Forces are the land component of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Operating since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991,the army is made up of former Soviet Army units that were in the territory of Uzbekistan. As of 2006,it had around 40,000 active personnel. Much of the equipment it uses is also old Soviet material,and the government of Uzbekistan has not given much effort to replace it with modern equipment.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan exercises administrative and operational leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek Minister of Defense is the nominal head of all the Armed Forces,serving under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan,who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In this capacity,the minister exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the armed forces. In wartime,the defense minister also serves in an official capacity as the Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the military. The General Staff,the executive body of the Ministry of Defense,implements the defense minister's operational instructions and orders. The Oliy Majlis exercises legislative authority over the Ministry of Defense through the Government of Uzbekistan,which is nominally responsible for maintaining the armed forces at the appropriate level of readiness.
Qobul Raimovich Berdiev (Russian:КабулРаимовичБердиев,Uzbek:Qobul Rayimovich Berdiyev 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.
Abdusalom Abdumavlonovich Azizov is an Uzbek military leader who was the Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from September 4,2017 to February 11,2019. He now serves as head of the State Security Service.
Kadyr Gafurovich Gulamov is an Uzbek politician who has served as Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan. To date,he was the first and only civilian leader of an Uzbek military department.
The National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a uniformed independent formation within the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The headquarters of the National Guard is based in Tashkent,where most of the 30,000 soldiers that make up the force are located. As of 2020,the individual in charge of the UNG is currently Rustam Jo'raev. He succeeded Colonel General Bakhodir Tashmatov and Botir Tursunov.
Lieutenant General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov is an Uzbek military leader who has served as the Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan since 2017.
Rustam Urmanovich Akhmedov is an Uzbek military officer who has served as first person to hold the post of Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from September 6,1991 to September 29,1997.
The Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan is a body for the training of highly qualified military personnel for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was originally established as an inter-service educational institution that serves the purpose of training officers for higher level leadership positions. Cadets who study at the academy are enrolled for at least 2 years. It was the first institution of its kind to be established on the militaries of Central Asia. The school requires all cadets to be fluent in the Uzbek language as well as have a basic knowledge of Russian.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan is the highest-ranking military officer of in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan,who is responsible for maintaining the operational command of the military and control over three of the five service branches. Unlike the Minister of Defence,the Chief of the General Staff is required to be a commissioned officer who at least holds the rank of Colonel (Polkovnik). Another differentiator between the two positions is that the Chief of the General Staff is not political position while the defense minister can be an active member of the political discourse.
The Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School is a military academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a former educational institution under the Soviet Defence Ministry.
Major General Pavel Ismailovich Ergashev is an Uzbek military leader who is a Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan. He was appointed to this position on 11 January 2018 and was dismissed in March 2021. He is the son of former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,Major General Ismail Ergashev. He was among 12 high-ranking officials were banned from entering the European Union for a year in November 2005 for their role in putting down the 2005 Andijan unrest. At the time,he was a Colonel who commanded of a detachment of from the Ministry of Defense. On 4 September 2017,he was appointed by Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the post of Acting Deputy Minister of Defense and commander of the troops of the Southwestern Special Military District.
Anna Ivanovna Glushenkova was a Russian–born Uzbekistani chemist,a prominent scientist in the field of chemistry and technology of natural compounds,Honored Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan,Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Lieutenant General Viktor Vladimirovich Makhmudov is an Uzbek military leader and security official who is the current Secretary of the National Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan. He was appointed to this position on 21 September 2013.
Colonel General Bakhodir Khamidovich Tashmatov is an Uzbek military leader and security official. He was born in 1964 in the Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School,the Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan,the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces,as well as the Fergana State University.
Tulkun Kasimov was an Soviet-Uzbek military officer who has served as first person to hold the post of Chief of the Joint Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan from 2000 to 2003. After retirement,he served in the reserve of the Armed Forces.
The Central Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan based in the city of Jizzakh. It serves the territory of Dzhizak Province,Samarqand Province,and Sirdaryo Province.
The Shon-Sharaf Order or the Order of Glory of Service is a state award of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was introduced in August 1995. It comes in two classes. The ribbon comes in blue,red,white and green.
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