Erlis Terdikbayev
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PresidentSadyr Japarov
Preceded byTaalaibek Omuraliev
PresidentSooronbay Jeenbekov
Preceded byMirbek Kasimkulov
Erlis Terdikbayev | |
|---|---|
Эрлис Тердикбаев | |
| Chief of the General Staff | |
| Assumed office 29 March 2021 | |
| President | Sadyr Japarov |
| Preceded by | Taalaibek Omuraliev |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Defense Affairs | |
| In office 21 April 2018 – 3 February 2021 | |
| President | Sooronbay Jeenbekov |
| Preceded by | Mirbek Kasimkulov |
| Commander of the Kyrgyz Army | |
| In office 25 January 2017 – 21 April 2018 | |
| President | Almazbek Atambayev Sooronbay Jeenbekov |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Nurlan Kiresheyev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1969 |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School (1986–1990) Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2002–2003) Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia (2003–2004) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Kyrgyzstan |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army Kyrgyz Army |
| Years of service | 1983 – present |
| Rank | Major general |
Erlis Jekshenovich Terdikbayev (Kyrgyz: Эрлис Джекшенович Тердикбаев; born 27 May 1969) is a Kyrgyzstani General and the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan.[1]
Erlis Terdikbayev was born on 27 May 1969 in the village of Issyk-Ata in the Chuy Region of the Kyrgyz SSR. He joined the Soviet Army in 1983, and graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School (now the Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces) in 1990 after spending 4 years there as a cadet.
