Myrzakan Subanov

Myrzakan Subanov
Born(1944-10-15)15 October 1944
Talas District, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
(now Kyrgyzstan)
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Kyrgyzstan
Service / branch Soviet Army
 Kyrgyz Army
State Border Guard Service
RankColonel-general
Battles / warsSoviet–Afghan War
(as Soviet adviser, 1987–1989)
AwardsOrder of the Red Star
and other awards
Other workDeputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 1992–1993

Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic, 1993–1999

Director of the Executive Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Regional Counterterrorism Structure

Myrzakan Usurkanovich Subanov (Kyrgyz: Мырзакан Усурканович (Усуркан уулу) Субанов, romanizedMyrzaqan Usurqanovich (Usurqan uulu) Subanov; born 15 October 1944) is a Soviet-Kyrgyz military commander who served as post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan's chairman of the State Defense Committee in 1992–1993 and first Minister of Defense in 1993–1999.