Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS

The Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS (Russian: Совет министров обороны СНГ, СМО СНГ) is a working body in the Commonwealth of Independent States responsible for military policy of the CIS.^[1][2] It coordinates military cooperation of the CIS member states, and develops military and defense policy of the CIS.^[3]

The emblem of the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of the CIS.

Chairmen

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov is the current chairman of the council.

With the exception of Colonel General Kostyantyn Morozov of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the post of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the CIS has historically been concurrent with the post of Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.

• Kostyantyn Morozov (22 December 1991 – 18 May 1992)
• Pavel Grachev (18 May 1992 – 17 June 1996)
• Igor Rodionov (17 July 1996 – 23 May 1997)
• Igor Sergeyev (23 May 1997 – 28 March 2001)
• Sergei Ivanov (28 March 2001 – 15 February 2007)
• Anatoliy Serdyukov (15 February 2007 – 7 May 2012)
• Sergei Shoigu (11 December 2012 – 3 July 2024)
• Andrey Belousov (3 July 2024 – Present)

Current members

General Sergei Shoigu, former chairman of the CoM of the CIS, during a presentation in Alexander Garden to members of the council during its 2017 anniversary session.

The members of the council meeting in Moscow in 2017.

Country	Minister	Rank	Photo
Armenia	Suren Papikyan	–
Azerbaijan	Zakir Hasanov	Colonel general
Belarus	Viktor Khrenin	Lieutenant general
Kazakhstan	Dauren Qosanov	Lieutenant general
Kyrgyzstan	Baktybek Bekbolotov	Lieutenant general
Russia	Andrey Belousov	1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation
Tajikistan	Emomali Sobirzoda	Lieutenant general
Uzbekistan	Shukhrat Kholmukhamedov	Major general

Observer states

Country	Minister	Rank	Photo
Turkmenistan	Begenç Gündogdyýew	Lieutenant general

Subordinates

• Air Defense Coordination Committee
  • Joint CIS Air Defense System
• Coordinating Committee on Field Training

Sessions

A document for the 77th session of the council, Baku, 30 October 2019.

No.[when?]	Country	City	Host
1st	Russia	Moscow	Pavel Grachev[4]
59th	Ukraine	Partenit	Mykhailo Yezhel[5]
60th	Russia	Sochi	Anatoly Serdyukov
61st	Kazakhstan	Almaty	Adilbek Zhaksybekov
62nd	Russia	Kaliningrad	Anatoly Serdyukov
63rd	Russia	Moscow	Sergey Shoygu
64th	Belarus	Minsk	Yuri Zhadobin[6]
65th	Russia	Moscow	Sergey Shoygu
66th	Kazakhstan	Astana	Serik Akhmetov
67th	Russia	Moscow	Sergey Shoygu
68th	Kyrgyzstan	Cholpon-Ata	Abibilla Kudayberdiev
69th	Russia	Moscow	Sergey Shoygu[7]
70th	Russia	Moscow	Sergey Shoygu
71st	Russia	Moscow	Sergey Shoygu[8]
72nd	Russia	Moscow	Sergey Shoygu[9]
73rd	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Sherali Mirzo[10]
74th	Russia	Kyzyl	Sergey Shoygu[11]
75th	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Abdusalom Azizov[12]
76th	Russia	Anapa	Sergey Shoygu[13]
77th	Azerbaijan	Baku	Zakir Hasanov[14][15][16]

See also

• Commonwealth of Independent States