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Kazakhstan appoints Sayat Isanov to lead Special Operations Forces
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed Sayat Isanov to lead the country’s Special Operations Forces.
The force is part of Kazakhstan’s armed forces.
The appointment follows a training tragedy in the Caspian Sea on September 24 that killed 14 service members.
Tokayev ordered a comprehensive review of the Defense Ministry’s operations after the incident.
He also dismissed Defense Minister Dauren Kosanov and appointed Aidos Myrzakhmetov, a former commander of the Special Operations Forces, as his replacement.
The sources do not say what findings the review has produced or what further steps may follow.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed Sayat Isanov commander of Kazakhstan’s Special Operations Forces.
The appointment was announced by the president’s press service on October 10.
The move follows a September 24 accident during drills in the Caspian Sea that killed 14 servicemen.
Tokayev ordered a comprehensive review of the Defense Ministry’s operations after the accident.
He dismissed Defense Minister Dauren Kosanov and appointed former Special Operations Forces commander Aidos Myrzakhmetov to the post.
- Who
- Sayat Isanov was appointed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
- What
- Isanov became commander of Kazakhstan’s Special Operations Forces.
- When
- October 10; the article does not state the year in the announcement text.
- Where
- Kazakhstan.
- Why
- The sources do not state a specific reason for Isanov’s appointment.
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By order of the head of state, Sayat Serikazyuly Isanov has been appointed commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
A tragedy during drills in the Caspian Sea claimed the lives of 14 servicemen.
Tokayev ordered a comprehensive review of the Defense Ministry’s operations, dismissed Defense Minister Dauren Kosanov and appointed Aidos Myrzakhmetov as defense minister.
Tokayev signed an order appointing Sayat Isanov commander of the Special Operations Forces.
- New commander
- Sayat Isanov
- Appointing authority
- President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- Forces
- Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Drill tragedy
- 14 servicemen killed in the Caspian Sea on September 24
- New defense minister
- Aidos Myrzakhmetov





