Ministry of Defense (Uzbekistan)

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Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan

O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi
Seal of the Ministry of Defence
Flag of the Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defense Bakhodir Kurbanov
Defense Ministry overview
Formed	July 3, 1992
Preceding Defense Ministry	Soviet Defense Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Uzbekistan
Headquarters	100 Mirzo Ulugbek Avenue, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Minister responsible	Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov, Minister of Defense
Defense Ministry executive	Major General Shukhrat Kholmukhamedov, First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff
Website	Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi) exercises administrative and operational leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek Minister of Defense is the nominal head of all the Armed Forces, serving under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In this capacity, the minister exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the armed forces. In wartime, the defense minister also serves in an official capacity as the Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the military. The General Staff, the executive body of the Ministry of Defense, implements the defense minister's operational instructions and orders. The Oliy Majlis exercises legislative authority over the Ministry of Defense through the Government of Uzbekistan, which is nominally responsible for maintaining the armed forces at the appropriate level of readiness.^[1]

The ministry is currently located in the former headquarters of Turkestan Military District (TurkVO) on 100 Mirzo Ulugbek Avenue (formerly known as Maxim Gorky Avenue) in Tashkent. The current Uzbek minister of Defense is Major General Bakhodir Kurbanov.