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 Government of Uzbekistan Military of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan The National Security Council under the President of Uzbekistan (; ) is the central advisory body of the Uzbek government which aides and assists the President in implementation of militar ...

. He was appointed to this position on 21 September 2013.

Early life and career

He was born in 1968 into a military family. His father Vladimir Makhmudov (also a general) was the former

Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan 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 ...

and Chief of the General Staff. His grandfather Nasyr Makhmudov was the First Secretary of the Karakalpak Regional Committee of the

Communist Party of Uzbekistan The Communist Party of Uzbekistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана, uz, Ўзбекистон Коммунистик Партияси), initially known as Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Uzbekistan, ...

during the Soviet era. He graduated from the

Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School The Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School () was a military academy of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan. It was previously known as the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Vladimir Lenin (). It was one of the oldest mi ...

. From 9 October 2008 to 9 June 2010, he was commander of the

Tashkent Military District The Tashkent Military District (, ), also known as the Tashkent Operational Command (, ) is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan based in the capital city of Tashkent. It serves the territory of the Tashkent Region ...

. In 2013, President

Islam Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov ( uz, Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov / Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов, italics=no; russian: link=no, Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; 30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was t ...

appointed Makhmudov as secretary of the National Security Council by decree. He had previously worked as First Deputy Minister of Defense and

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 ...

. Since 14 August 2020, he has been Chairman of the Uzbek Triathlon Federation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Makhmudov, Viktor Chiefs of the General Staff (Uzbekistan) Living people Military personnel from Tashkent 1968 births Government of Uzbekistan