Mels Bekboev

Mels Bekboev
Mels Bekboev
Мэлс Бекбоев
Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan
	In office; August 2004 – January 2006
President	Askar Akayev ; Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Preceded by	Kubanychbay Tinaliev
Succeeded by	Zamir Moldoshev
Personal details
Born	20 November 1952; Orto Alysh, Frunze Region, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Died	2 April 2026 (aged 73)
Education	Alma-Ata Higher Combined Arms Command School; Vystrel course; Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia;
Occupation	Military officer

Mels Sagynalievich Bekboev (Kyrgyz: Мэлс Сагыналиевич Бекбоев; 20 November 1952 – 2 April 2026) was a Kyrgyz military officer and politician. He served as chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces from 2004 to 2006.^[1]

Bekboev died on 2 April 2026, at the age of 73.^[2]

References

↑ Kyrgyzstan : uluttuk ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek: Mamlekettik til zhana entsiklopediia borboru. 2006. p. 97. ISBN 978-9967-14-055-4. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
↑ "Скончался бывший начальник Главного штаба ВС КР, генерал Мэлс Бекбоев". AKIpress News Agency (in Russian). 3 April 2026. Retrieved 6 April 2026.

[1] Kyrgyzstan : uluttuk ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡ (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek: Mamlekettik til zhana entsiklopediia borboru. 2006. p. 97. ISBN 978-9967-14-055-4. Retrieved 6 April 2026.

[2] "Скончался бывший начальник Главного штаба ВС КР, генерал Мэлс Бекбоев". AKIpress News Agency (in Russian). 3 April 2026. Retrieved 6 April 2026.

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