Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan)

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan
Türkmenistanyň Içeri işler ministrligi
Seal of the ministry

Turkmen Internal Troops
Agency overview
Formed 1992
Jurisdiction President of Turkmenistan
Government of Turkmenistan
Headquarters 2033 Magtymguly Street, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Employees 25,000
Minister responsible
  • Ovezdurdy Khojanyyazov
Agency executive
  • Lyudmila Stepanova, Deputy Minister of Defense
Parent department Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Turkmen SSR
Child agency
  • Turkmen Internal Troops

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the interior ministry of Turkmenistan. The ministry directly controls the Turkmen police force, consisting of about 25,000 personnel, and works with the Ministry for National Security on matters of law enforcement and defense of the country.[1] The primary tasks of the police force include maintaining law and public security, crime prevention and investigation, passport control, road and fire safety, and international cooperation. They work with INTERPOL.[2] The current minister is Lieutenant General of Police Isgender Mulikov. It was founded on February 19, 1998 by order of President Saparmurad Niyazov, who signed a decree “On the formation of the police of Turkmenistan”.

History

In April 2007, the President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow removed the minister of Internal Affairs Akhmamed Rakhmanov from his position on suspicions of bribery and corruption.[3]

In 2012, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan worked with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to train its police force on the issue of protecting human rights and coutering terrorism.[4]

In May 2016, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs conducted a course for officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the topic of drug trafficking and related interventions.[5]

In 2017 and 2018, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow severely reprimanded his Minister of Internal Affairs Isgender Mulikov at multiple occasions, stating «the poor execution of his job responsibilities, negligence in personnel issues».[6] In August 2017, the Agreement on Cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan was signed by the ministers of each country.[7]

Organization

  • Turkmen Police
  • Central apparatus
  • Apparatus of territorial bodies
  • Medical institutions
  • Köpetdag Stadium
  • Various military units
  • Turkmen Internal Troops
  • State Service for Protecting Security of the Healthy Society of Turkmenistan

Educational Institutions

Turkmen cadets
  • Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan
  • Turkmen Police Academy

Ministers

  • 17 May 1990 - 2 April 1993: Serdar Charyyarov
  • 2 April 1993 - 17 September 1998: Kurbanmuhammed Kasymov
  • 17 September 1998 - 14 March 2002: Poran Berdyev
  • 14 March 2002 - 21 February 2003: Annaberdy Kakabaev
  • 21 February 2003 - 12 August 2004: Ashir Ataev
  • 12 August 2004 - 9 December 2004: Geldymukhammed Ashirmukhammedov
  • 9 December 2004 - 9 April 2007: Akmamed Rakhmanov
  • 9 April 2007 - 8 October 2007: Khodjamurad Annakurbanov
  • 8 October 2007 - 29 May 2007: Orazgeldy Amanmuradov
  • 29 May 2007 - January 2018: Lieutenant General Isgender Mulikov
  • Since January 2018: Ovezdurdy Khojanyyazov[8]

References

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  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Turkmenistan president accused Ministry of Internal Affairs of bribery and corruption, Fergananews.com, 7 April 2007
  4. ↑ Training of police trainers on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism in Turkmenistan, Osce.org, 13 March 2012
  5. ↑ Ambassador Mustard Underscores U.S. Government Commitment to Long Term Counter-narcotics Cooperation, Usembassy.gov, 6 June 2016
  6. ↑ Turkmenistan’s Interior Ministry again reprimanded with a final warning, Hronikatm.com, 11 January 2018
  7. ↑ Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan signed documents, President.az, 8 August 2017
  8. ↑ New deputy minister of internal affairs appointed in Turkmenistan, Trend.az, 19 January 2018


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