Saken Zhasuzakov

Saken Adilkhanuly Zhasuzakov (, Säken Ädılhanūly Jasūzaqov, ; born 27 October 1957) is a Kazakh politician and former Colonel General in the Kazakh Ground Forces. He was Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan from September 2016 until August 2018.

Biography Zhasuzakov (second from left) attending a ceremony organized by the Council of the CIS Defence Ministers. He was born in Chaldar, a village in Southern Kazakhstan in 1957. In 1978, Zhasuzakov graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School.

He was replaced as defense minister on 7 August 2018 by Nurlan Ermekbaev. He currently heads the National Defence University in Astana. Exactly a year later, he retired from the military.

Awards

USSR

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree (1989) Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" Medal "For Impeccable Service" 2nd and 3rd Degree Breastplate "Soldiers-Internationalists"

Kazakhstan Order of Dunk 1st Degree (2012) Order of Dunk 2nd Degree (2001) Medal "10 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" Medal "10 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan" Medal "10 Years of the Constitution of Kazakhstan" Medal "10 years of Astana" Medal "20 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" Medal "20 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan" Medal "For Impeccable Service" 2nd and 3rd Degree Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" Medal "20 Years of Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Kazakhstan" Jubilee Medal "20 years of Internal Troops of Kazakhstan"

Foreign

Medal of Zhukov Medal "60th Anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders" Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" Jubilee Medal "60 years of Ukraine's liberation from Nazi invaders" Medal "50th Anniversary of the Mongolian People's Republic" Medal "Military Cooperation" Medal "5 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan" Medal "15 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"