page_title: Sherali Khayrulloyev
section_title: Military service
hierarchical_section_title: Sherali Khayrulloyev / Military service
caption_attribution_description: English: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (2nd from right) talks with Tajikistan Minister of Defense Col. Gen. Sherali Khayrulloyev (4th from right) after arriving in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on July 26, 2005. Rumsfeld is in Tajikistan to meet with Khayrulloyev and President Emomali Rahmonov to discuss bilateral military cooperation.
context_page_description: Sherali Khayrulloyevich Khayrulloyev is a retired Tajikistani general and politician. He was the Minister of Defense of Tajikistan from 1995 to 2013.
context_section_description: He joined the Soviet Army in 1970, and served as a brigade battalion accountancy director. From 1977 to 1988,he worked in the Interior Ministry of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1988 to 1995, he served as Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs Tajikistan. Khayrulloyev became the minister of defense on 7 April 1995. He resigned in 2013 due to health issues. On January 25, 2014, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon appointed him the Advisor to the President on National Security issues. In March 2019, Khayrulloyev retired from military service.
caption: Khayrulloyev (4th from right) talks with U.S Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (2nd from right) after he arrived in Dushanbe on July 26, 2005.
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