Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan)

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 is responsible for youth crime prevention and working to lower youth crime rates in the country.[4] The law "On Police" was adopted on 7 April 2004 by the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan to define the duties of the interior ministry.[5]

Ministry of Internal Affairs
Вазорати корҳои дохилии Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон
Agency overview
Preceding
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tajik SSR
Superseding agency
  • Tajik Militia
HeadquartersDushanbe
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 agencyMinistry of Internal Affairs of the Tajik SSR
Child agencies
Websitewww.vkd.tj

History

The first Tajik militia was founded on 7 December 1924, when the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Tajik Autonomous Republic was formed. A week later on 14 December, Abdullo Yarmukhamedov was appointed the first People's Commissar for Internal Affairs. On 5 February 1925, thirty-there NKVD officers were transferred from the Uzbek capital to Dushanbe, where they would be stationed permanently as part of the NKVD division in Dyushambe the next day. During the Soviet era, politicians from Kulob often held high posts in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.[6] The Tajik Internal Troops were officially founded in 1993 after the founding of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Structure
A Tajik Police Officer.

The VKD is divided into several departments:[7]

  • 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[8]
  • 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
  • Military Band
  • 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

VKD Academy

The VKD Academy is the higher educational institution of the ministry which serves to train future soldiers and officers of the Internal Troops. The academic year runs from September to July,[9] with the tuition at the school is US$400–800 per student depending on their department.[10]

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:[7]

Military Band

The Band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs existed even before the collapse of the Soviet Union, under the direction of Senior Lieutenant Oleg Nazarov. After Tajikistan gained independence in 1991, a military formal military band was established under the leadership of Lieutenant Rusht Rushtov and the participation of local soldiers from military unit 6593. It was one of the first military band of the independent state or be founded. In 1994, when Turkish President Süleyman Demirel visited Dushanbe, a group from the band held an official welcome ceremony with the performance of the Turkish military march. Since 1991, the band has sported around 8 to 45 people, with ethnicities ranging from Russians to Tatars to Uzbeks. In February 2010, the former Interior Minister Abduhahim Kuharov awarded the entire band with the anniversary award in honor of the 85th anniversary of the Tajik Militia.[11]

List of Ministers

Tajik SSR[12]
  • 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

References
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  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.
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  5. Ведомости Верховного Совета Республики Таджикистан, 1992 г., № 12, ст. 208; 1993 г., № 9-10, ст. 139
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  8. https://vkd.tj/index.php/ru/novosti-arkhiv/24984-iftito-i-darmongo-i-rajosati-shun-oi-dokhilii-vkd-2
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