Ismail Ergashevitch Ergashev ( uz, Ismoil Ergashevitch Ergashev) was an Uzbek general who has served as second person to hold the post of Chief of the Joint Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the

Armed Forces of Uzbekistan The Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ўзбекистон Республикаси Қуролли Кучлари), is the name of the unified armed forces of Uzbekistan, consisting of the Uzbekistan Ground Forces, Ground Force and ...

from 2004 to 2005. He was one of the first military leaders of Uzbekistan.

Biography

He was born on August 5, 1945, in the Chelak District of the

Samarqand Region Samarqand Region (Samarkand Region) ( uz, Самарқанд вилояти, Samarqand viloyati, russian: Самаркандская область) is the most populous region of Uzbekistan. It is located in the center of the country in the basi ...

. Over the years, he served in various command positions. After the

Dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, he headed the department of artillery of the Ministry of Defense, after which he was commander of artillery until 1997. From 1997 to 1999, he was deputy minister of defense for logistics and capital construction, and from 1999 to 2000 was deputy minister of defense for combat training. He became the first head of the

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, serving until 2004. That same year, he became First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the Joint Headquarters of the Armed Forces, succeeding Tulkun Kasimov. He retired from service in 2005. Ergashev was awarded such high state awards as the Shon-Sharaf Order to the I and II degrees and the Order of Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu.

Later life

From 2005 to 2007, Ergashev was banned from entering the

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for his involvement in suppressing the 2005 Andijan unrest. He died on 24 February 2018 at the age of 73. The next day the State Museum of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan held a farewell ceremony with Major General Ergashev. His burial took place at a cemetery in the Samarkand Region, he was born and raised. His son Pavel Ergashev later served as

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afg ...

from 2018 to 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ergashev, Ismail Chiefs of the General Staff (Uzbekistan) 1945 births 2018 deaths