Saken Zhasuzakov

Saken Zhasuzakov
Сәкен Жасұзақов
Zhasuzakov in 2018
Director of the National Defense University
In office 7 August 2018 – 7 August 2019
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Succeeded by	Lut Alchekenov
9th Minister of Defense
In office 13 September 2016 – 7 August 2018
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Imangali Tasmagambetov
Succeeded by	Nurlan Ermekbaev
4th Chairman of the Joint Staff Committee
In office 11 March 2010 – 13 September 2016
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Mukhtar Altynbayev
Succeeded by	Murat Maikeyev
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-27) 27 October 1957 (age 67) South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Kazakhstan
Branch/service	Soviet Army  Kazakh Ground Forces
Years of service	1978–2019
Rank	Colonel General
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War

Saken Adilkhanuly Zhasuzakov (Kazakh: Сәкен Әділханұлы Жасұзақов, Säken Ädılhanūly Jasūzaqov, [sækʲen ædɘlχɑno̙ɫə ʐɑso̙zɑqəf]; born 27 October 1957) is a Kazakh politician and Colonel General in the Kazakh Ground Forces. He was Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan from September 2016 until August 2018.^[1]