The Internal Troops of Kazakhstan (, ''Qazaqstan Ishki ister mınıstrligi ishki áskeri''; ) was a militarized

police force The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

that operated in the

Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekis ...

from 1992 to 2014. The Internal Troops formed the basis for what is now the

National Guard of Kazakhstan ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany''russian: Национальная гвардия Казахстана , image = Flag of Kazakhstan National Guard.svg , image_size = 300px , caption ...

History

The Internal Troops was formed by order of the President

Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...

on 10 January 1992. It was the Kazakh successor to the

Soviet Internal Troops The Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (VV; russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел (ВВ), ''Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del'' ...

and was formed on the basis of Internal Troops based in the

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

. It immediately grew effective in its role in suppressing armed domestic conflicts that were mostly caused by

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

. In March of that same year, the government founded the

Republican Guard A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name ''Republican'') which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous wit ...

on the basis of a police unit of the Internal Troops deployed in the Kaskelen District of Almaty. The Internal Troops were disbanded on 21 April 2014 by government orders, transforming the once Soviet-era agency into the present-day National Guard.

Missions

The missions of the Kazakh Internal Troops are as follows: *Guard important cargo during transportation *Guard of corrective institutions and escort convicts and detainees *Maintain of a social order and stop violations the law that risk the ensurance of public safety *Maintain a state of alertness during national emergency situations (e.g. natural disasters) *Dismantle illegal armed formations *Prevent domestic and foreign terrorism on Kazakh soil

Leadership Structure

The Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops was the seniormost post in the Internal Troops, acting as the

commanding officer The commanding officer (CO) or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit. The commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitu ...

of the entire branch. The incumbent was appointed and dismissed by the

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Prezidentı; russian: Президент Республики Казахстан, Prezident Respu ...

and reported directly to him/her through the

Minister of Internal Affairs Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

. The assistant to the commander-in-chief and the head of all the headquarters directorates was known as the Chief of Staff.

Anthem of the Internal Troops

References

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