Sherali Mirzo

Sherali Mirzo Шералӣ Мирзо
File:File:Sherali Mirzo in St. Petersburg.jpg
Minister of Defense of Tajikistan
Incumbent
Assumed office November 20, 2013
President	Emomali Rahmon
Preceded by	Sherali Khayrulloyev
Personal details
Born	24 May 1967 (1967-05-24) Moskovskiy District, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance	USSR Tajikistan
Service/branch	Tajik National Army
Years of service	1994-present
Rank	Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General Sherali Mirzo (Tajik:Шералӣ Мирзо born May 24, 1967) is the current Minister of Defense of Tajikistan. He held this office since November 20, 2013, succeeding Sherali Khayrulloyev.

Biography

Mirzo with the other Defense Ministers of the SCO during a festival of Military Massed Bands in 2015.

Mirzo in Astana.

Mirzo was born in 1967 in the Moskovskiy district (present day Hamadoni) in the Khatlon Region in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.He graduated from the Perm High Military Command Academy and armed forces after independence in 1994 (Faraj, November 22). During the Tajik civil war, he commanded the troops of the Vose' District . He spent four years studying at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. From 2005–2006, he served as Tajikistan’s deputy minister of defense before being moving to the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) which succeeded the KGB of the Tajik SSR. On October 3, 2013 by order of a presidential decree he was appointed Minister of Defense by President Emomali Rahmon. He succeeded Sherali Khayrulloyev who resigned as Minister of Defense due to "health reasons".