Lieutenant General Begench Atayevich Gundogdyev (Turkmen: Begenç Ataýewiç Gündogdyýew, Russian: Бегенч Атаевич Гундогдыев) is a Turkmen general and politician who currently serves as the 10th Minister of Defense of Turkmenistan under President Serdar Berdimuhamedow. He previously served in this same position from 2011 to 2015, succeeding Yaylym Berdiyev.