The Aibyn Presidential Regiment of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan ( Kazakh: Айбынның Президенттік құрметті қорғау полкі, ''Aıbynnyń Prezıdenttik qurmetti qorǵaý polki'';

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: Президентские полк "Айбын" Службы государственной охраны Республики Казахстан, ''Prezidentskiye polk "Aybyn" Sluzhby gosudarstvennoy okhrany Respubliki Kazakhstan'') is a ceremonial

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of the

State Security Service of Kazakhstan The State Guard Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Мемлекеттік күзет қызметі, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasy Memlekettık küzet qyzmetı'') is a protective service agency und ...

. It is comparable to the

Kremlin Regiment The Kremlin Regiment (russian: Кремлёвский полк, Kremlyovskiy polk), also called the Presidential Regiment (russian: Президентский полк, Prezidentskiy polk), is a unique military regiment and part of the Russian F ...

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and the

Azerbaijani National Guard The Azerbaijani National Guard ( az, Azərbaycan Milli Qvardiyası) is an armed force of the Government of Azerbaijan, and operates as a semi-independent entity as well as the a reserve component of the Azerbaijan Army. The Special State Pr ...

. When the Republican Guard was formed in 1992, as decreed by the newly elected

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

, it included a Guard of Honor company called the Ceremonial Battalion. This was later renamed the Presidential Regiment, currently commanded by Captain Khasen Omarkhanov.

Duties and public role

The unit takes a direct role in the provision of state protocol and ceremonial events. Particularly, it has taken part in the changing of the guard ceremony in the

Ak Orda Presidential Palace The Ak Orda Presidential Palace ( kk, Ақорда резиденциясы, ''Aqorda rezidentsiyasy'', ) is the official workplace of the President of Kazakhstan, located in the capital city of Astana. The Palace was built within three years, ...

since 2001 and the Kazakh Presidential Inauguration. In August 1992, the unit marched for the first time in front of 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 ...

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and the following April, it mounted the guard of honour for visiting Turkish President

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. In February 1993, personnel of the guard of honor took 24-hour protection under of the national flag and coat of arms in the Palace of the Republic. In 2015, the Soviet

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was brought to

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(the capital of

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) to be trooped through

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by personnel of the regiment in the

Defender of the Fatherland Day Defender of the Fatherland Day (russian: День защитника Отечества ''Den' zashchitnika Otechestva''; kk, Отан қорғаушы күні; tg, Рӯзи Дорандаи Ватан; ky, Мекенди коргоочула ...

parade on 7 May. It holds the ceremony of raising the national flag every year on December 1.

Foreign visits

In July 1997, the servicemen of the regiment and the Presidential Band went on a tour to

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at the invitation of the

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, presenting Kazakh culture and combat art there. In September 2006, the guardsmen were invited to the Russian capital for the celebrations of

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, coming back a year later where they took part in the

Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo The Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival is an annual military music event and military tattoo held in Moscow on Red Square. Participating in the festival are Russian and foreign military bands, folk groups, and honor guard units o ...

Public figure

The official regimental uniform is a white and aqua tunic for officers and a blue tunic for soldiers. Being at least is one of the requirements to be in the regiment, the other is good health. The honorific of ''"Aibyn"'' was added in 2014.

Gallery

File:Closing ceremony of the international festival "Trumpet of Peace 2016" (Kazakhstan, Astana) 02.jpg, Captain Khasen Omarkhanov File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a guard of honour in Kazakhstan.jpg, Indian Prime Minister

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receiving a guard of honour from the regiment. File:Putin in Kazakhstan 2015 03.jpg, Russian President

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inspecting the guard of honour. File:Official welcoming ceremony of Ilham Aliyev in Almaty was held 02.jpg, The regimental guard of honour during an inspection by President

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