The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Universal Military Duty and Military Service" was adopted on January 19. This law defined the military ranks in the newly created Armed Forces of the country. They repeated the system ranks of the USSR Armed Forces. The rank of the Marshall became the highest in the ground forces while the rank of Admiral in the navy forces (which did not exist at that time). In Kazakhstan, the rank of the Marshall has not been previously assigned. The rank of the General of the Army was first assigned in the same year of 1993 to the first Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan, S.K. Nurmagambetov. The second person who received this rank was the actual Minister of Defense, M.K. Altynbaev.
Use of materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires written or oral permission
from the Board of Editors or the author.
Hyperlink to Qazaqstan tarihy portal is necessary. All rights reserved by the Law RK “On author’s rights
and related rights”.
To request authorization email to
or call to 8 (7172) 64 95 59 (in
- 1164)
