"Bakyt Kurmanbayev passed away on July 14 2020," reads the message.
As reported, coronavirus claimed his life.
Kurmanbayev was appointed as a vice minister of defense in April 2019, from October 2017 until April 2019 he headed the department of military security and defense of the Security Council, in 2010- 2017 he worked as a deputy head, head of department of the Ministry of Defense.
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