According to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ruslan Fatihuly Zhaksylykov has been appointed to the position of Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the national portal "Adyrna" reported.
Education, specialty (qualification), licenses:
· I.S. Almaty higher general armed command school named after Konev. (1987) Specialty "Team Tactics".
· Military Academy. M.V. Frunze (1996) "Command-staff operational-tactical military intelligence" specialty
Higher academic courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2004) specialty "State military security"
Military service:
· served in various positions from platoon commander to unit commander (1987-2006);
· Deputy Commander of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2006-2007);
· First Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops - Chief of the General Staff of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2007-2008);
· Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (09.04.2008-01.2013);
· Commander-in-Chief of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (01.2013-04.2014);
· Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan (04.2014-09.2021);
· Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan (09.2021-19.01.2022);
Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan (from 19.01.2022)
