Sherali Mirzo

Colonel General[1] Sherali Mirzo (Tajik:Шералӣ Мирзо born May 24, 1967) is the current Minister of Defense of Tajikistan. He held this office since November 20, 2013, succeeding Sherali Khayrulloyev.[2][3][4][5]

Sherali Mirzo
Шералӣ Мирзо
Minister of Defense of Tajikistan
Assumed office
November 20, 2013
PresidentEmomali Rahmon
Preceded bySherali Khayrulloyev
Personal details
Born (1967-05-24) 24 May 1967
Moskovskiy District, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Tajikistan
Branch/serviceTajik National Army
Years of service1994-present
RankColonel General
Battles/warsTajik Civil War

Biography
Mirzo in Astana.

Early life and military career

Mirzo was born in 1967 in the Moskovskiy district (present day Hamadoni) in the Khatlon Region in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. He graduated from the Perm Higher Military Command Academy and armed forces after independence in 1994. During the Tajik civil war, he commanded the military forces of the Vose' District. He spent four years studying at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.

High positions

From 2005–2006, he served as Tajikistan’s deputy minister of defense before being moving to the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) which succeeded the KGB of the Tajik SSR.[6] On October 3, 2013 by order of a presidential decree he was appointed Minister of Defense by President Emomali Rahmon. He succeeded Sherali Khayrulloyev who resigned as Minister of Defense due to "health reasons".[7][8][9] In November 2018, it was revealed that Mirzo had built health center at his own expense in the Baljuvon District.[10]

References
  1. http://www.president.tj/en/node/17156
  2. Kucera, Joshua (2013-11-22). "Tajikistan's Long-Serving Defense Minister Replaced". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  3. "ШЕРАЛӢ Мирзо | Президенти Тоҷикистон - President of Tajikistan - Президент Таджикистана - رئيس جمهورية تاجيكستان". www.president.tj (in Tajik). Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. "Мирзо Шерали". who.ca-news.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  5. https://centrasia.org/newsA.php?st=1384936620
  6. "Rahmon Appoints New Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs - Jamestown". Jamestown. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  7. "Тағйироти кадрӣ дар сохторҳои қудратӣ". Радиои Озодӣ. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  8. "Роҳбарият". www.mort.tj. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  9. "Министр обороны Таджикистана в свой юбилей проверяет боеготовность частей Душанбинского гарнизона | Новости Таджикистана ASIA-Plus". Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  10. https://www.azernews.az/region/141572.html
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