Abibilla Kudayberdiev

Abibilla Kudayberdiev (Kyrgyz and Russian: Абибилла Кудайбердиев born June 1, 1962[citation needed]) is the former Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan.

In 1983, he graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School in the Kazakh SSR.

[citation needed] In November 2009, he was appointed the Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces, serving in this capacity for 7 months.

In July 2010 he served Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic.

[5][6] He was relieved of his post as Minister of Defense on October 12, 2015, by President Atambayev.

Kudaberdiev rendering a hand salute at Amar Jawan Jyoti in New Delhi , 9 September 2011.