Bulat Kerimzhanovich Darbekov (born October 21, 1957) is a Kazakh military general and former head of the

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. He served CSTO joint chief from June 2004 to June 2005 and chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff, in addition to first deputy minister in the

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, and deputy commander of the

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Biography

Darbekov was born in Tokmak,

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. He obtained his graduation with honors from the

Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

in 1979. Before his appointment as commander of airborne assault platoon, the 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade in November 1979, he took his first assignment as a commander of a motorized rifle platoon of the

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. Between November 1995 to May 1998, he served at various units, including commander of a motorized rifle regiment, military unit #23260 officer, and instructor of the tactics department of the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School and tactics department of the

Military Academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan The National Defence University named after the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasi ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Тұңғыш Президенті атындағы Ұлттық қорғаныс универс ...

. In May 1998 he was assigned at a tank division of an army corps as a deputy commander. After he obtained his graduation with honors from the

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in 2001, he was appointed deputy chief of the

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of the

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for the Operational Planning department. Before retiring from the armed forces, he served commander of the Regional Command for Southern command from April 2007 to November 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darbekov, Bulat Living people 1957 births Kazakhstani generals Chiefs of the General Staff (Kazakhstan) Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni