Ministry of Defense (Uzbekistan)

Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan
O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi
Patch of the Central Office of the Ministry of Defence.

Minister of Defense Abdusalom Azizov
Defense Ministry overview
Formed July 3, 1992
Preceding Defense Ministry
Jurisdiction Uzbekistan
Headquarters 100 Mirzo Ulugbek Av Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Minister responsible
Parent department Government of Uzbekistan

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi), 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. The General Staff, the executive body of the Ministry of Defense, implements the defense minister's operational instructions and orders. The Supreme Assembly 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.[1]

The current Uzbek minister of Defense is Abdusalom Azizov.

History

Staff building of the TurkVO in 1977.

The ministry was created as one of the first military departments established in the former Soviet Union, being established 1 day after the founding of the (one day after the creation of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. On September 6, 1991, the newly elected president Islam Karimov signed a decree establishing the Ministry of Defense, being originally named as the main military department of the Uzbek SSR. On July 3, 1992, the department was renamed to the Ministry of Defense. The ministry is currently located in the former headquarters of Turkestan Military District (TurkVO) on 100 Mirzo Ulugbek Avenue (formerly known as Maxim Gorky Avenue) in Tashkent.

Purpose

The headquarters of the ministry in Tashkent.

The Ministry of Defense manages itd subordinate troops, and ensure the implementation of state policy in the field of defense and army building, equipping the troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan with modern weapons, military equipment and logistical means, expanding military cooperation, the organization of recruitment and training of the Armed Forces.

The Ministry of Defense has five military districts, Air Defense Forces and the Air Force, a special unit (communications, engineering, chemical, etc.), a unit of counter-terrorism and special operations, as well as higher military educational institutions. Military District is the main military administrative unit and territorial general military operational-strategic association that protects the security and territorial integrity of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the operational areas.

Territorial Directorates

Military districts of the armed forces are under the jurisdiction of the defense ministry, with their headquarters being the center of their regions of which they are responsible for. The following are a list of military districts in Uzbekistan:

District Headquarters Location
Northwest Military DistrictHQ Nukus
Southwest Special Military DistrictHQ Karshi
Central Military DistrictHQ Dzhizak
Eastern Military District (EMD)HQ Ferghana
Tashkent Military District (THO)HQ Tashkent

List of Ministers

  • Rustam Akhmedov - September 6, 1991 - September 29, 1997
  • Hikmatulla Tursunov - September 29, 1997 - February 20, 2000
  • Yuri Agzamov - February 20 - September 30, 2000[2]
  • Kadyr Gulyamov - September 30, 2000 - November 18, 2005 (The first and only civilian defense minister of Uzbekistan)[3]
  • Ruslan Mirzaev - November 18, 2005 - September 17, 2008
  • Qobul Berdiev - September 17, 2008 - September 4, 2017
  • Abdusalom Azizov - September 4, 2017 – Present

References

  1. ↑ "Uzbekistan - Ministry of Defense". GlobalSecurity. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ↑ https://jamestown.org/program/uzbekistan-drifting-into-military-dependence-on-russia/
  3. ↑ https://iwpr.net/global-voices/civilian-takes-charges-uzbek-army
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