Annamurat Soltanovich Soltanov () was a Turkmen general who served as the first chief of the general staff of the

Armed Forces of Turkmenistan The Armed Forces of Turkmenistan (), known informally as the Turkmen National Army () is the national military of Turkmenistan. It consists of the Turkmen Ground Forces, Ground Forces, the Turkmen Air Force, Air Force and Air Defense Forces, Tur ...

Early life and career

He was born in

Mary Region Mary Region () is one of five provinces in Turkmenistan. It is located in the south-east of the country, bordering Afghanistan. Its capital is the city of Mary. Its area is and population 1,613,386 (2022 census).''Statistical Yearbook of Turkm ...

in 1943. In 1961, he worked as a livestock specialist. He graduated from the Turkmen Agricultural Institute in 1969, and joined the Soviet Army that year. He was a cadet at the

Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School The Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School () was a military academy of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan. It was previously known as the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Vladimir Lenin (). It was one of the oldest m ...

from 1971 to 1973, and also attended the

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (), was a military academy of the Soviet and later the Russian Armed Forces ...

from 1974 to 1977. In the early 1980s, Soltanov served in the 373rd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division in Tahtabazar,

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

, and the commander of the 70th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade in

Kandahar Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Pro ...

. After returning to Turkmenistan, he served as the commander of training regiment in Ashgabat, an adviser to the

Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (; FAR) are the military forces of Cuba. They include Cuban Revolutionary Army, Revolutionary Army, Cuban Revolutionary Navy, Revolutionary Navy, Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force, Revolutionary A ...

, and a military Commissar in Dzhizak,

Uzbek SSR The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (, ), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist P ...

. From October 1991, he served as the Military Commissar of Turkmenistan. On January 27, 1992, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Defense of Turkmenistan, and from 1994 to February 12, 1997, he served as the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan. Until June 2001, he served as the Military Commissar of Balkan province. He was relieved of his duties on June 17 of that year in connection with illegal arms sales back in 1993 and 1994.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soltanov, Annamurat 1943 births People from Mary Region Soviet military personnel of the Soviet–Afghan War Government ministers of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan generals Living people Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School alumni

Early life and career

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