Qobul Berdiyev

Qobul Raimovich Berdiev (Russian: Кабул Раимович Бердиев, Uzbek: Qobul Rayimovich Berdiyev (born April 5, 1955) is an Uzbek military officer who has served as Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from September 17, 2008, to September 4, 2017.

From 1976 to 1998 he served in various command and staff positions in the armed forces of the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan.

In 2002, he began teaching at the higher academic courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

[2] From June 2008 to September 2008 he was Deputy Minister of Defense and Commander of the Southwest Military District.

[3] He was dismissed on 4 September 2017 by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and was transferred to the Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan of which he was rector for a year.

Berdiyev being handed the Victory Banner by Sergei Shoigu .