Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan)

Ministry of Internal Affairs
Вазорати корҳои дохилии Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон
Agency overview
Preceding
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tajik SSR
Superseding agency
  • Tajik Militia
Headquarters Dushanbe
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Lieutenant General Abdurahmon Alamshozoda
  • Major General Makhmasaid Saidzoda
  • Major General Ikrom Umarzoda
  • Major General Abdullo Navjuvonov
Agency executive
  • Jamshed Mashrabzoda, Head of Executive Office
Parent agency Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tajik SSR
Child agencies
Website www.vkd.tj

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, also called the Ministry of the Interior, abbreviated VKD, is the interior ministry of the government of Tajikistan. It oversees the Presidential National Guard,[1] Internal and Border Troops.[2] Since 2012, the Minister of Internal Affairs has been Lieutenant General Ramazon Rahimov.[3] He had attended a meeting on youth crime prevention and stated he would work to lower youth crime rates in the country.[4]

Structure

The VKD is divided into several departments:[5]

  • Office of the Minister of the Internal Affairs
  • Secretariat of the Ministry
  • Organizational and Inspection Department
  • Internal Security Department
  • Department of International Cooperation
  • Investigation Department
  • Inquiry Department
  • Security Department
  • Material and technical and military supply Department
  • Personnel management
  • Expert-Criminalistics Department
  • Main Information and Analytical Center
  • Department of Capital Construction
  • Criminal Investigation Department
  • Financial and Economic Department
  • Delinquency Prevention Services
  • Department of Public Order and Protection
  • Department for Combating Organized Crime
  • Department for Combating Drug Trafficking
  • Medical Department
  • Traffic Police
  • Training Center
  • Main Directorate of the State Fire Service
  • Motor Vehicles Department
  • Rapid Reaction Force
  • Internal Troops (led by Major General Negmatullo Kurbanov)
  • Department of Transport
  • Quarantine Platoon
  • VKD Academy (led by Major General Faizali Sharifzoda)
  • Republican Council "Dynamo"
  • National Central Bureau "Interpol"
  • Bureau for the Coordination of Combating Organized Crime
  • ОМОN
  • Department of Communications
  • Council of Veterans
  • Special Presidential Unit
  • Passport and Registration Service
  • Coordination Headquarters
  • Department of Militia and Ecology
  • National Coordination Department for police reform
  • Research Center
  • Dog training Center

Regional Departments

The Departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (DMIA) are regional agencies affiliated with the VKD that serve the ministry's purpose in their regional areas:[5]

List of Ministers

Tajik SSR

  • Sergey Tarasyuk - 1934–1937
  • Nikolai Zagvozdin - 1937–1939
  • Pavel Ostapenko - 1939
  • Andrei Kharchenko - 1943–1950
  • Boris Serebryakov - 1950–1953
  • Bobo Makhamov - 1954–1972
  • Mamadayo Navjuvanov – 1989–1992

Republic of Tajikistan

  • Yaqub Salimov - December 1993 – 1995
  • Ramazon Rakhimov - 2012–Present

References

  1. ↑ John Pike. "Tajikistan - National Guard". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  2. ↑ "Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "About internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan"". cis-legislation.com. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Rahimzoda Ramazon Hamro – The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan". vkd.tj. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Tajik Interior Ministry sets up special youth crime prevention collegiums | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". news.tj. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  5. 1 2 "Structure". mvd.tj. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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