Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan)

Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan

Türkmenistanyň Goranmak ministrligi
Roundel of Turkmenistan
Turkmen Defense Ministry
Agency overview
Formed	27 January 1992[1]
Jurisdiction	President of Turkmenistan Government of Turkmenistan
Headquarters	4 Galkynysh Street, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Minister responsible	Major General Begenç Gündogdyýew
Agency executive	Lieutenant Colonel Akmurad Anamedov, Chief of the General Staff
Website	www.milligosun.gov.tm

The Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Goranmak ministrligi) is a government agency under the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan which is the executive body in implementing defence policies in Turkmenistan. The current Minister of Defense is Major General Begenç Gündogdyýew. It was founded in January 1992 with the assistance of the Russian Armed Forces.

At its formation, most of the ethnic Turkmen employees were retired Soviet officials and members of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR, with other officials coming from small backgrounds such as chief of staff Annamurat Soltanov who had served in Afghanistan and Begdzhan Niyazov who had a career in law enforcement prior to his rising to his position.^[2]