Committee for State Security of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (), abbreviated as the KGB of KySSR was the security agency of the
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...
, being the local branch of Committee for State Security of the USSR. It was succeeded in 1991 by the
.
History
The modern Kyrgyz intelligence services were established in December 1917 as the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (
Cheka
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə), abbreviated ...
). A year later, the much more local Pishpek district Investigation Commission was established. Once the internal borders of the USSR were established in the early 1920s, the Regional
State Political Directorate
The State Political Directorate (also translated as the State Political Administration) (GPU) was the intelligence service and secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from February 6, 1922, to December 29, 1922, ...
of the
Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast was created, which was not an independent agency due to the oblast being part of the
RSFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
. In the 50s, the Committee for State Security (KGB) was established in the then Kirghiz SSR, which encompassed all of what is modern Kyrgyzstan. During its long existence, it acted as the republican affiliate for the national
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
agency. On 20 November 1991, Kyrgyz President
Askar Akayev
Askar Akayevich Akayev ( ky, Аскар Акаевич (Акай уулу) Акаев, translit=Askar Akayevich (Akay Uulu) Akayev ; ; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being ov ...
signed a presidential decree establishing the State Committee for National Security (UKMK/GKNB) on the basis of the KGB in Kyrgyzstan.
Chairmen
* Alexander Tereshchenko (March 27, 1954 - February 11, 1956)
* Nikolai Yermolov (February 11, 1956 - May 6, 1961)
*
Petr Chvertko (June 26, 1961 - March 19, 1967)
* Dzhumabek Asankulov (March 19, 1967 - April 18, 1978)
* Nikolai Lomov (April 18, 1978 - December 12, 1985)
* Vladimir Ryabokon (December 12, 1985 - January 16, 1989)
* Dzhumabek Asankulov (January 16, 1989 - August 19, 1991)
* Anarbek Bakayev (September 6, 1991)
References
{{Regional KGB
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
KGB