Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan)

The Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Goranmak ministrligi) is a government agency under the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan which is the executive body in implementing defense policies in Turkmenistan. The current Minister of Defense is Major General Begench Gundogdyev. It was founded in January 1992 with the assistance of the Russian Armed Forces.

Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan
Türkmenistanyň Goranmak ministrligi
Министр обороны Тукменистан
Roundel of Turkmenistan

Turkmen Defense Ministry
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 27, 1992[1]
JurisdictionPresident of Turkmenistan
Government of Turkmenistan
Headquarters4 Galkynysh Street, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Lieutenant Colonel Akmurad Anamedov, Chief of the General Staff
Parent departmentState Committee of Defense of the Turkmen SSR
Child agency
  • General Staff of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan
WebsiteOfficial Website (in Turkmen and Russian)

At its formation, most of the ethnic Turkmen employees were retired Soviet officials and members of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR, with other officials coming from small backgrounds such as chief of staff Annamurat Soltanov who had served in Afghanistan and Begdzhan Niyazov who had a career in law enforcement prior to his rising to his position.[2]

List of Ministers of Defense
No. Minister of DefenceTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyRef
1
Kopekov, DangatarLieutenant General
Dangatar Kopekov
(1933–2011)		10 January 199217 September 19986 years, 250 daysNonpartisan–
2
Kasymov, KurbanmuhammedKurbanmuhammed Kasymov
(born 1954)		17 September 199824 May 1999249 daysNonpartisan–
3
Sarjayev, BatyrBatyr Sarjayev
(born 1945)		24 May 199926 June 20012 years, 33 daysNonpartisan–
4
Begenchov, GurbandurdyMajor General
Gurbandurdy Begenchov
(born 1956)		26 June 200114 March 2002261 daysNonpartisan–
5
Arazov, RejepbayRejepbay Arazov
(born 1947)		14 March 200219 September 20031 year, 189 daysNonpartisan–
6
Mammetgeldiyev, AgageldiGeneral of the Army
Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev
(born 1946)		19 September 200324 January 20095 years, 127 daysNonpartisan[3]
7
Berdiyev, YaylymColonel General
Yaylym Berdiyev
(born 1972)		24 January 200929 March 20112 years, 64 daysTDP[4]
8
Gundogdyev, BegenchMajor General
Begench Gundogdyev		29 March 20115 October 20154 years, 190 daysTDP[5][6]
(7)
Berdiyev, YaylymColonel General
Yaylym Berdiyev
(born 1972)		5 October 201514 June 20182 years, 252 daysTDP–
(8)
Gundogdyev, BegenchMajor General
Begench Gundogdyev		14 June 2018Incumbent2 years, 235 daysTDP–

Defense Ministry institutions, units and areas
A welcoming ceremony for Sergey Shoigu at the Turkmen defense ministry.

Sections of the defense ministry include some of the following institutions:[7]

  • Central House of Officers
    • "Merdana nesiller" Ensmeble
    • Military Museum named after Berdimuhamed Annayev
  • Center for Emergency Management (opened in January 2011)[9]
  • Equestrian Complex of the Ministry of Defense (opened in 2012)[10]
  • Various military training sites[11]
  • Milli goşun (newspaper)
  • Youth Organization named after Magtymguly of the Ministry of Defense

House of Officers

Based on the Soviet model, the House of Officers (Turkmen: Merkezi serkerdeler öýüniň) is the main cultural center of the military designed to improve Civil–military relations. It is the equivalent to Military officers' clubs in the United States. Concerts of military ensembles such as the "Merdana nesiller" Ensemble, the Göreldeli Military Band and the "Sherhet Ovazlara" Ensemble of the State Border Service have performed at the House of Officers.[14] The house hosts receptions on holidays such as Defender of the Fatherland Day[15] and Independence Day. A special attraction of the House of Officers is the Museum of Military Glory, where numerous exhibits tell a history of Turkmen military history since the time of Oguz Khan. The building also has a stationary full-time professional television studio that prepares weekly television shows on the Altyn Asyr and Ovaz channels. It frequently hosts guests from the Military Institute and the military school.[16]

Milli goşun

The Defence Ministry issues its social and political magazine called Milli goşun (National Army) every quarter which has the information about the measures for strengthening of defensive capability of the country.[17]

Department structure
Personnel of the General Directorate of Civil Defense and Rescue at a parade in Ashgabat in 2011.

The defense ministry has the following command structure:

  • General Staff
  • General Directorate of Armaments
  • General Mobilization Directorate
  • General Directorate of Civil Defense and Rescue (Turkmen: Raýat goranmak we halas ediş baş müdirligi), it is the civil defense agency for Turkmenistan. It is similar to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. It conducts joint exercises in the territories of industrial enterprises with non-militarized rescue workers of the enterprises themselves, developing tactics in the event of various natural disasters and rescue operations.[18]
  • General Directorate of Supply and Logistics
  • Educational Directorate

See also

References
  1. Opening Pandora's Box: Ethnicity and Central Asian Militaries. ISBN 9781428912960.
  2. http://factsanddetails.com/central-asia/Turkmenistan/sub8_7d/entry-4833.html#chapter-1
  3. "Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan meet in Baku". Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  4. "In early 2009 Colonel Yaylym Berdiyev replaced General of the Army, Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, who was allowed to retire for health reasons". GlobalSecurity.org.
  5. "Google Translate". translate.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  6. "Begench Gundogdyev appointed Minister of Defence of Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan.ru". www.turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  7. "Военный институт: горячая пора". Новости Туркменистана. infoabad.com. 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  8. http://tdh.gov.tm/news/en/articles.aspx&article16444&cat30
  9. http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/14475.html
  10. goşun, Milli. "Watan goragçysynyň syrdaşy". Milli goşun (in Turkmen). Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  11. http://www.visor.com.tr/ref-galkinis-kosesi.php
  12. "Annual military exercise Galkan - 2007 held in Turkmenistan | Turkmenistan.ru". www.turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  13. "Turkmenistan holds military-tactical exercise "Galkan-2011" | Turkmenistan.ru". www.turkmenistan.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  14. https://turkmenportal.com/blog/24690/bolshoi-koncert-voennyh-tvorcheskih-kollektivov-sostoyalsya-v-ashhabade
  15. https://turkmenportal.com/blog/7619
  16. http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=3206
  17. http://tdh.gov.tm/news/en/articles.aspx&article16444&cat30
  18. http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=10283
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