Rayimberdi Duishenbiev
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Rayimberdi Seydakmatovich Duishenbiev ( ky, Райимберди Сейдакматович (Сейдакмат уулу) Дуйшенбиев, ''Rayimberdi Seydakmatovich (Seydakmat uulu) Duyshenbiyev'') is a Kyrgyzstani General who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic from 11 May 2016 to 9 October 2020. He is also the former commander of the Kyrgyzstan Frontier Force.


Career

In the early 1990s, he studied at the Academy of the Border Service of the National Security Committee and graduated from the Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation in 2007. In August 2011, he was appointed deputy Chairman of the
State Border Guard Service The Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic also commonly known as the Kyrgyz Frontier Force is the border guard of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is currently a Public Service department of the governme ...
. Beginning in November 2013 and all the way until February 2014, he served as the acting Chairman of the State Border Service. On 22 February 2014, he was officially appointed as the chairman of the State Border Service. On 11 May 2016, by the decree of President Almazbek Atambayev, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. In November 2018, Duishenbiev was the center of controversy in when a scandal involving his younger brother, who is also a soldier, emerged sparking accusations of special treatment due his brother's status. In October 2020, he was dismissed as Chief of the General Staff by President Sooronbay Jeenbekov due to his response to the
2020 Kyrgyzstan protests The Kyrgyz Revolution of 2020 (or the Third Kyrgyz Revolution) began on 5 October 2020, in response to the previous day's parliamentary election that was perceived by protestors as unfair, with allegations of vote rigging. The results of the ele ...
. He was replaced by a predecessor of his, General Taalaibek Omuraliev.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duishenbiev, Rayimberdi 1972 births Living people People from Jalal-Abad Region Kyrgyzstani generals Chiefs of the General Staff (Kyrgyzstan)