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08TASHKENT1151
2008-10-08 08:32:00
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Embassy Tashkent
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UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ATAJAN
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UNCLAS TASHKENT 001151
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ATAJAN
MAMATKHANOVICH SHARAPOV
UNCLAS TASHKENT 001151
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ATAJAN
MAMATKHANOVICH SHARAPOV
1. (SBU) On September 26, 2008, President Karimov appointed
Colonel Atajan Mamatkhanovich Sharapov as Commander of the
Special Detachment for Detection, Deactivation and
Elimination of Explosive Substances and Devices of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Uzbekistan, as well as
Chief of Staff for the MVD. Sharapov, an ethnic Uzbek, was
born in 1961. He graduated from the Tyumen Higher Command
Military-Engineering School of Russia. From 1992 until 1996,
he served in various units of the Ministry of Defense of
Uzbekistan. He started his career in 1996 as Section Chief
in the Department for Counter-terrorism, Corruption, and
Racketeering of Uzbekistan's MVD. From 1997 until 2006, he
served as Chief of a Police Detachment and Chief of the
Detachment for Detection, Deactivation and Elimination of
Explosive Substances and Devices of the MVD.
2. (SBU) From 2006 until September 2008, he served
successively as Department Chair and Deputy Chair at the
Tashkent Higher Military-Technology School of the MVD.
3. (SBU) According to Government of Uzbekistan contacts,
Sharapov's recognized expertise with explosives was one of
the reasons he was returned to the Ministry with a promotion
to take the positions of Special Detachment Commander and
Chief of Staff.
NORLAND
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR UZ
SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ATAJAN
MAMATKHANOVICH SHARAPOV
1. (SBU) On September 26, 2008, President Karimov appointed
Colonel Atajan Mamatkhanovich Sharapov as Commander of the
Special Detachment for Detection, Deactivation and
Elimination of Explosive Substances and Devices of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Uzbekistan, as well as
Chief of Staff for the MVD. Sharapov, an ethnic Uzbek, was
born in 1961. He graduated from the Tyumen Higher Command
Military-Engineering School of Russia. From 1992 until 1996,
he served in various units of the Ministry of Defense of
Uzbekistan. He started his career in 1996 as Section Chief
in the Department for Counter-terrorism, Corruption, and
Racketeering of Uzbekistan's MVD. From 1997 until 2006, he
served as Chief of a Police Detachment and Chief of the
Detachment for Detection, Deactivation and Elimination of
Explosive Substances and Devices of the MVD.
2. (SBU) From 2006 until September 2008, he served
successively as Department Chair and Deputy Chair at the
Tashkent Higher Military-Technology School of the MVD.
3. (SBU) According to Government of Uzbekistan contacts,
Sharapov's recognized expertise with explosives was one of
the reasons he was returned to the Ministry with a promotion
to take the positions of Special Detachment Commander and
Chief of Staff.
NORLAND