Myrzakan Subanov

Myrzakan Subanov
Born	(1944-10-15)15 October 1944 Talas District, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Kyrgyzstan
Service/branch	Soviet Army  Kyrgyz Army State Border Guard Service
Rank	Colonel-general
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War (as Soviet adviser, 1987–1989)
Awards	Order of the Red Star and other awards
Other work	Deputy Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 1992–1993 Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic, 1993–1999 Director of the Executive Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Regional Counterterrorism Structure

Myrzakan Usurkanovich Subanov (Kyrgyz: Мырзакан Усурканович (Усуркан уулу) Субанов, romanized: Myrzaqan Usurqanovich (Usurqan uulu) Subanov; born 15 October 1944) is a Soviet-Kyrgyz military commander who served as post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan's chairman of the State Defense Committee in 1992–1993 and first Minister of Defense in 1993–1999.