The Internal Troops of Mongolia ( mn, Монгол Улсын Дотоод цэргүүд) are the

paramilitary A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ...

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who perform special guard and reserve duties in the

Mongolian Armed Forces The Mongolian Armed Forces ( mn, Монгол Улсын Зэвсэгт Хүчин; ''Mongol: ulsyn zevsegt hüchin'') is the collective name for the Mongolian military and the joint forces that comprise it. It is tasked with protecting the inde ...

. It protects buildings for institutions and areas such as the

Mongolian National Broadcaster The Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB; ; ; shortened as ''МҮОНRТ'') is the official, state-funded broadcaster in Mongolia. About Mongolian National Public Radio and Television (MNB) is the oldest broadcasting organization in Mongolia as we ...

and

Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery The Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery ( mn, Алтан-Өлгий) is a cemetery located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Notable burials Choibalsan and Sukhbaatar The revolutionary hero Damdin Sükhbaatar was buried here in 1923, but was later exhumed ...

. They are led by a

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who reports directly to the minister of justice and internal affairs.

History

It is the successor to the Internal Troops of the

Mongolian People's Army The Mongolian People's Army ( Mongolian: ''Монголын Ардын Арми''), also known as the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army ( Mongolian: ''Монгол Ардын Хувьсгалт Цэрэг'') or the Mongolian Red Army ( Mong ...

(officially known as the Border and Internal Troops Administration). During the

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, it was responsible for border patrol, for guard duties, and immigration control. By the end of the 1980s, it numbered around 15,000 troops. The Internal Troops were originally formed in 1922 by the Military Council with over ten divisions, serving under the name of ''Special Unit for Internal Security Affairs''. The Internal Troops in their current form were adopted in 1995, serving for 18 years until its governing law was repealed on 16 March 2013 by the

State Great Khural The State Great Khural, ; "State Great Assembly" is the unicameral parliament of Mongolia.Montsame News Agency. ''Mongolia''. 2006, Foreign Service office of Montsame News Agency, , p. 40 It is located in the Government Palace. History ;1 ...

with the backing of the Altankhuyag government. After its repealment, its functions were transferred to the National Police Agency and the

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by 1 April 2014. After a thorough look into the matter and the victory of the MPP in the

2016 Mongolian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Mongolia on 29 June 2016. The governing Democratic Party lost to a landslide victory of the Mongolian People's Party, retaining only 9 of 76 seats in the Great Khural. While they just lost under 2% of the popular ...

, the recreation of the Internal Troops was reconsidered. In February 2017, the parliament formally passed a law to recreate the Internal Troops.

Units

Damdin Sükhbaatar Damdin Sükhbaatar ( mn, Дамдины Сүхбаатар, Damdinii Sühbaatar, ; February 2, 1893 – February 20, 1923) was a Mongolian communist revolutionary, founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolia ...

5th Military Unit

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