Murat Maikeyev

Murat Jaleluly Maikeyev (Kazakh: Мұрат Жәлелұлы Майкеев, Mūrat Jälelūly Maikeev; born 9 November 1959) is a Kazakh military figure who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019.^[1]

Lieutenant General Murat Maikeyev
Maikeyev in 2018
Native name	Murat Jáleluly Maıkeev Мұрат Жәлелұлы Майкеев
Born	(1959-11-09) 9 November 1959 (age 65) Aktobe, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union Kazakhstan
Branch	Kazakh Ground Forces
Years of service	1980–present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Chief of the General Staff
Relations	Mukhtar Maykeyev (brother)

Early life and career

He was born on 9 November 1959 in the Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan. In 1966, he went to the first grade of secondary school No. 1 in the town of Gvardeysk, Zhambyl region, and graduated in 1976. He entered the Soviet Army at age 21 and attended the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School in 1980. Between 1980 and 1990, he served as an officer in the Transbaikal Military District and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.^[2]

Kazakh Army

In 1994, he attended the Frunze Military Academy in Russia. In September 2003, Maikeyev was appointed commander of the Airmobile Forces of the Armed Forces.^[3]

High command

In March 2010, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. On 28 June 2014, Maikeyev graduated from the Military Academy of Belarus.^[4] On 15 September 2016, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.^[5] He was relieved of his duties on 5 April 2019.^[6] In October 2022, he was appointed head of the Specialized Lyceum for Gifted Children "Arystan"

Awards

Maikeyev in combat uniform.

• Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3 degrees^[7]
• Order of Valor (Kazakhstan), 2nd degree (2001)^[8]
• Order of Glory, 1st degree (2017)^[9]
• Order of Glory, 2nd degree (2012)
• Astana Medal
• Medal "10 years of Astana"
• Medal "For Contribution to the Development of International Cooperation"
• Medal "For participation in peacekeeping operations"
• Medal "10 years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
• Medal "10 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
• Medal "20 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
• Medal "For Impeccable Service" 2nd and 3rd degrees
• Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "60 years of the liberation of the Republic of Belarus from Nazi invaders"
• Medal "5 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"
• Medal "10 years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan"
• Medal of Zhukov
• Army General Margelov Medal
• Medal "For the military cooperation of the Mongolian People’s Army and the Soviet Army"
• Medal "70 years of the creation of the Airborne Troops of the USSR"