Rayimberdi Seydakmatovich Duishenbiev ( ky, Райимберди Сейдакматович (Сейдакмат уулу) Дуйшенбиев, ''Rayimberdi Seydakmatovich (Seydakmat uulu) Duyshenbiyev'') is a Kyrgyzstani General who served as the
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic from 11 May 2016 to 9 October 2020. He is also the former commander of the
Kyrgyzstan Frontier Force
The Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic also commonly known as the Kyrgyz Frontier Force is the border guard of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is currently a Public Service department of the governmen ...
.
Career
In the early 1990s, he studied at the Academy of the
Border Service of the National Security Committee and graduated from the
Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation
The Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation "''Moscow City Council''" carries out training for officers of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
History
On February 4, 1932, the Third ...
in 2007. In August 2011, he was appointed deputy Chairman of the
State Border Guard Service
The Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic also commonly known as the Kyrgyz Frontier Force is the border guard of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is currently a Public Service department of the government ...
. Beginning in November 2013 and all the way until February 2014, he served as the acting Chairman of the State Border Service. On 22 February 2014, he was officially appointed as the chairman of the State Border Service. On 11 May 2016, by the decree of President
Almazbek Atambayev
Almazbek Sharshen uluu Atambayev ( ky, Алмазбек Шаршен уулу Атамбаев, translit=Almazbek Şarşen uulu Atambayev; born 17 September 1956) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1 December 2 ...
, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. In November 2018, Duishenbiev was the center of controversy in when a scandal involving his younger brother, who is also a soldier, emerged sparking accusations of special treatment due his brother's status.
In October 2020, he was dismissed as Chief of the General Staff by President
Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Sooronbay Sharip uulu Jeenbekov (; ky, Сооронбай Шарип уулу Жээнбеков, translit=Sooronbay Şarip uulu Jeenbekov; born 16 November 1958) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the 5th President of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 unti ...
due to his response to the
2020 Kyrgyzstan protests. He was replaced by a predecessor of his, General
Taalaibek Omuraliev
Taalaibek Baryktabasovich Omuraliev ( ky, Таалайбек Барыктабасович (Барыктабас уулу) Өмүралиев, translit=Taalaybek Baryktabasovich (Baryktabas uulu) Ömüraliyev, russian: Таалайбек Бары ...
.
References
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1972 births
Living people
People from Jalal-Abad Region
Kyrgyzstani generals
Chiefs of the General Staff (Kyrgyzstan)