Murat Maikeyev
Kazakh military figure (born 1959)
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Murat Jaleluly Maikeyev (Kazakh: Мұрат Жәлелұлы Майкеев, Mūrat Jälelūly Maikeev; born 9 November 1959) is a Kazakh military figure who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019.[1]
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USSR
Kazakhstan
Kazakh Ground ForcesLieutenant General Murat Maikeyev | |
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Murat Jáleluly Maıkeev Мұрат Жәлелұлы Майкеев | |
Maikeyev in 2018 | |
| Born | 9 November 1959 |
| Relatives | Mukhtar Maykeyev (brother) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | USSR Kazakhstan |
Branch | Kazakh Ground Forces |
Service years | 1980–present |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Chief of the General Staff |
Early life and career
He was born on 9 November 1959 in the Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan. In 1966, he went to the first grade of secondary school No. 1 in the town of Gvardeysk, Zhambyl region, and graduated in 1976. He entered the Soviet Army at age 21 and attended the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School in 1980. Between 1980 and 1990, he served as an officer in the Transbaikal Military District and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[2]
Kazakh Army
In 1994, he attended the Frunze Military Academy in Russia. In September 2003, Maikeyev was appointed commander of the Airmobile Forces of the Armed Forces.[3]
High command
In March 2010, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. On 28 June 2014, Maikeyev graduated from the Military Academy of Belarus.[4] On 15 September 2016, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[5] He was relieved of his duties on 5 April 2019.[6] In October 2022, he was appointed head of the Specialized Lyceum for Gifted Children "Arystan"
Awards
- Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3 degrees[7]
- Order of Valor (Kazakhstan), 2nd degree (2001)[8]
- Order of Glory, 1st degree (2017)[9]
- Order of Glory, 2nd degree (2012)
- Astana Medal
- Medal "10 years of Astana"
- Medal "For Contribution to the Development of International Cooperation"
- Medal "For participation in peacekeeping operations"
- Medal "10 years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "10 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "20 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" 2nd and 3rd degrees
- Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "60 years of the liberation of the Republic of Belarus from Nazi invaders"
- Medal "5 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"
- Medal "10 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"
- Medal of Zhukov
- Army General Margelov Medal
- Medal "For the military cooperation of the Mongolian People’s Army and the Soviet Army"
- Medal "70 years of the creation of the Airborne Troops of the USSR"