Organizational structure as of 2020: • General Directorate of Physical Training • General Directorate of Informatization and Telecommunications • General Directorate of Public Procurement • Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense • Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces • Management of the commanders of troops and combat arms • Central Command Post • Arms Reduction Control Center • Center for Metrological Support • Pension Center • Central Army Sports Club • Center for Military Space Programs • Center for Military Representatives • Administrative Department • Department of International Cooperation • Department of Combat Training • Department of Economics and Finance • Department of Personnel and Military Education • Department of Organizational and Mobilization work • Department of Information and Communication • Department of Planning and cooperation • Department of Educational and Ideological Work • Legal Department • Department of Military-Technical Policy • Department of Military Science and Innovation • Main Financial Inspectorate • Main Inspectorate • General Directorate of Safety Oversight • General Directorate of the Cantonment of Troops • General Directorate of Communications • General Directorate of Special Forces • General Directorate of Territorial Defense • Main Directorate of the Military Police • General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets and Information Security • Main Military Medical Directorate •
Military Police • Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Forces • Office of the Chief of Logistics and Arms • Office for work with sergeants • Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy • Aviation Training Center • Kazakhstan GIS Center • Kazspetsexport •
Honor Guard Company of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan •
Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan •
Cadet Corps Directorates during the formation of the structure of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan in November 1992, along with other departments, departments and services,
Directorate of Engineering Troops Colonel Marat Gareev, the former head of the engineering in the former Soviet 40th Army was appointed to be the first commander of military engineers in Kazakhstan, officers of which were staffed by those who had previously served in the Directorate of Engineering Troops of the Central Asian Military District. In 1993, there were 12 Soviet engineering units in Kazakhstan, and it became necessary to reorganize these units. In 1995, in
Kapshagay, due to the reduction of 3 engineering units, an engineer regiment was formed and for its performance in 2003, it was the first in the history of the Armed Forces to be awarded the pennant of the Minister of Defense "For courage and military prowess". Similar regiments were formed in the Southern and Eastern Regional Commands. Due to the outflow of cadres from the country, the faculty of engineering troops was formed at the Almaty Higher Combined Arms Command School and since 1997, all military engineers have graduated from here.
Units Military Police in black casual uniforms. The Military Police of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan (, ) is the
military police branch of the Defence Ministry. It consists of special military units that are organizationally part of the armed forces as well as other security agencies to ensure the enforcement of law and order.
Honour guard and band The honour guard company and band are the main military units subordinate to the ministry and one of the senior ceremonial units in the country. The company is officially part of the
36th Air Assault Brigade of the
Kazakh Airmobile Forces and is composed of personnel from the Ground Forces, Navy, and Air Force. Colonel Alexander Belyakov (
Russian: Александр Викторович Беляков) was the original director of the band in November 1995 after he was commissioned to lead the massed bands by General
Nurmagambetov in the
Victory Day Parade on
Almaty's Republic Square that May. In 2012, the band was relocated from Almaty to the capital of
Astana.
Cadet Corps The
Cadet Corps of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan named after Shoqan Walikhanov (Russian: Кадетский корпус Министерства обороны Республики Казахстан имени Чокана Валиханова) or the
Shchuchinskiy Cadet Corps is an institution of the ministry that was formed on 1 July 1996 as a secondary school that prepared Kazakh youth for service in the military and for leadership as junior army, navy, and air force commanders. A similar task is done today by the
Astana Zhas Ulan Republican School. A month after its formation, the corps had 96 enlisted cadets, most of whom came from the
Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School (now the Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces). On its first graduation day on July 29, 1999, where 11 cadets graduated from the corps and enrolled in higher educational institutions, the corps received its own battle flag by the then head of the corps, Colonel Kuangaliev and defense minister
Mukhtar Altynbayev. The corps is currently based in the city of
Shchuchinsk in the
Akmola Region.
Organizations Sarbazy Gazette The Central Press Service of the Ministry of Defense operates the
Sarbazy (Warrior) Gazette. It was created with the
Qysl әsker military newspaper of the Kazakh Military Commissariat. It appeared once a week in the
Latin script of the
Kazakh language. On 1 November 1969, a newspaper called
The Battle Banner began to appear in
Alma-Ata. Since each district at that time had its own printed organ, the
Central Asian Military District had direct control over the newspaper. In May 1989, the publication was discontinued due to the abolition of the district, and the editorial office was disbanded. Between 1989 and 1992, the Armed Forces explored the idea of recreating a newspaper. The first issue was released on 16 December 1992 in both the Kazakh and Russian languages.
Center for Military Medicine The Center for Military Medicine consists of 76 employees, experts, and doctors. The history of the center of military medicine, which has no analogues in Central Asia, began on 1 November 1969, when the forensic laboratory of the Central Asian Military District was established. After Kazakhstan gained independence, it was renamed the Central Medical Laboratory of the Ministry of Defense. In 2010, the institution received its current name. Since 2011, it included an internship of the medical staff of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan. The medical center provides education in the field of military medicine and is responsible for organizational and educational work in the field of advanced training and course training. The teaching staff is involved in training peacekeepers for
United Nations missions. It is attached to the Main Military Medical Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.
Central Army Sports Club The Central Army Sports Club (, CSKA) is a Kazakh
sports club based in
Almaty. The history of military sports in Kazakhstan dates back to 1970, when a sports battalion was formed in the Central Asian Military District, forming in 1974 the 42nd Sports Company and subsequently, the 12th Sports Club of the Army in 1978. On the Directive of the Central Staff of the USSR, on 5 January 1990, the 12th Army Sports club transformed into a Branch of the
Order of Lenin Central Sports Club. After independence as achieved, on 11 February 1992, it was reorganized into the Central Army Sports Club of the State Defense Committee. In March 1994, it was renamed to the Sports Committee of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 9 athletes from the club were included in the national team at the
2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, competing in
biathlon, cross-country skiing and
ice hockey. In July 2019, club member Sergey Tsyrulnikov, a four-time Guinness record holder, broke a record by using only one hand to nail frying pans and into wooden planks in just under 2 minutes.
Kazspetsexport Kazspetsexport is a state company funded and controlled by the Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan. In January 2012,
Airbus Military signed a firm contract with Kazspetsexport to supply two
EADS CASA C-295 military transport aircraft plus the related service support package for spare parts and ground support equipment. == List of Defence Ministers of Kazakhstan ==