Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Forces (Kazakhstan)

Commander of Air and Air Defence Forces
Incumbent
Kairat Sadykov
since 18 June 2025
Ministry of Defence
Reports toChief of the General Staff
SeatAstana

The Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Forces is the administrative head in the Kazakh Air Defense Forces, and is under the chief of the General Staff and the Ministry of Defence. The current commander-in-chief of the Air Defense Forces is Kairat Sadykov.

List of commanders

Name Term start Term end Notes
Kopen Akhmadiev 17 September 2003 17 September 2007 [1]
Alexander Sorokin 17 September 2007 27 June 2013 [2]
Nurlan Ormanbetov 27 June 2013 2 October 2017
Nurlan Karbenov 2 October 2017 16 March 2020 [3][4]
Nurlan Ormanbetov 16 March 2020 29 December 2022
Däuren Qosanov 29 December 2022 8 June 2025
Kairat Sadykov 18 June 2025 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Командование". mod.gov.kz. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. ^ "Казахстанская правда 18.09.2007". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Назначен главнокомандующий Силами воздушной обороны Вооруженных Сил Республики Казахстан".
  4. ^ "Нурлан Карбенов освобожден от должности главнокomандующего СВО". 16 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.