Sagadat Nurmagambetov

Sagadat Nurmagambetov
Birth name	Sagadat Kozhahmetovich Nurmagambetov
Born	(1924-05-25)25 May 1924 Kosym, Kazak ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan)
Died	24 September 2013(2013-09-24) (aged 89) Almaty, Kazakhstan
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1942-1991) Kazakhstan (1991-1995)
Service/branch	Red Army / Soviet Army Ground Forces of Kazakhstan
Years of service	1942 - 1991 1991 - 1995
Rank	Army general (Ret.)
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Berlin
Awards	Soviet Union: Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class Order of the Red Star (2x) Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 2nd class Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Badge of Honour Kazakhstan: Order of Otan Russian Federation: Order of Friendship Ukraine: Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class and other awards
Other work	Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR / Supreme Council of Kazakhstan, 1971-1994 Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1991-1992 Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1992-1995 Adviser to the President of Kazakhstan, 1995-1996

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Sagadat Kozhakhmetovich Nurmagambetov (Kazakh: Сағадат Қожахметұлы Нұрмағамбетов, Sağadat Qojaxmetulı Nurmağambetov, ساعادات قوجاحمەتۇلى نۇرماعامتەتوۆ; Russian: Сагадат Кожахметович Нурмагамбе́тов, Sagadat Kožachmetovič Nurmagambetov; 25 May 1924 – 24 September 2013) was a Soviet and Kazakhstani general who served as Chairman of Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee in 1991-1992 and Kazakhstan's first Minister of Defense following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, holding the office of Defense Minister from May 1992 to November 1995. He was an adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1995-1996.

Nurmagambetov began his military career as a machine gun platoon commander in the Red Army in World War II. He was promoted to machine gun company and infantry battalion commander, earning the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union in February 1945. His battalion went on to storm the Reich Chancellory at the Battle of Berlin in April 1945. Nurmagambetov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy after World War II and rose to become one of the highest-ranked Kazakh officers in the peacetime Soviet Army, attaining the rank of colonel-general. He retired from the military of Kazakhstan as an army general in 1995. Nurmagambetov was named a People's Hero of Kazakhstan in 1994, becoming the first Kazakhstani to receive this honor.

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