Ministry of Defence (Tajikistan)
Tajikistani government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
The Ministry of Defence of Tajikistan (Tajik: Вазорати мудофиаи Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, romanized: Vazorati mudofiai Çumhurii Toçikiston) is the defence ministry of Tajikistan, overseeing the Tajik Ground Forces, Air Force, Mobile Forces. It also oversees purchases of equipment for the Tajik military. The other branches of the military, such as the Border and Internal Troops, are overseen by the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan. The Defence Ministry was founded in 1993 with Russian assistance.
History
Origins
The ministry succeeded the Defense Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan, led by former military commissar of the Tajik SSR General Muminzhan Mamadjanov. It was founded just weeks after the Soviet Union was officially dissolved and months after Tajikistan declared its independence. The committee went through multiple phases, with one of its chairmen, Farukh Niyazov, being dismissed on 7 May 1992 at the request of the opposition. The armed forces was led in the interim by Major General Farukhsitdin Rakhmonov.
Establishment and aftermath
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan was established by a presidential decree on January 4, 1993. The ministry was under joint Tajik and Russian control until February 1993, when the armed forces were founded.
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