Ministry of Defense (Kazakhstan)

Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Қазақстан Республикасы Қорғаныс министрлігі (Kazakh) Министерство обороны Республики Казахстан (Russian)
The flag of the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan.
The headquarters of the ministry.
Defense Ministry overview
Formed	May 1992
Preceding Defense Ministry	State Committee of Defense of the Kazakh SSR[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Kazakhstan
Headquarters	14 Dostyq Street, Astana, Kazakhstan
Minister responsible	Ruslan Jaqsylyqov, Minister of Defense
Defense Ministry executive	Marat Khusainov, Chief of the General Staff
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MD RK, Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Қорғаныс министрлігі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy Qorğanys ministrlıgı, ҚР ҚМ; Russian: Министерство обороны Республики Казахстан, МО РК) is a government agency of Kazakhstan which is the main executive body in implementing military policy. The Defense Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the head of the Ministry of Defense, whose duties are to exercise the administrative leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The ministry was first established in May 1992 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The first Minister of Defense was Army General Sagadat Nurmagambetov who served from 1992 to 1995.