KNB (secret service)
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| Consist | since July 13, 1992 | ||
| Arose from | KGB | ||
| Headquarters | Nur-Sultan , Kazakhstan | ||
| Authority management |
Kärim Mässimow (Chairman) |
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| Employee | secret | ||
| Website | www.knb.kz | ||
The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( Kazakh Қазақстан Республикасы Ұлттық Қауіпсіздік Комитеті , Russian Комитет национальной безопасности Республики Казахстан , English National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NSC); frequent abbreviation KNB ) is the national domestic intelligence service of Kazakhstan .
history
The National Security Committee was founded on a law passed in December 1991 and was intended to replace the KGB , the former Soviet Union's secret service in Kazakhstan. The new secret service continued to employ the same staff that the KGB had previously employed in the Kazakh SSR , and the first chairman of the security committee, Bulat Baijekenow, had already worked for the KBG.
On July 13, 1992, President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree regulating the transformation of the KGB in the Republic of Kazakhstan into the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
structure
The National Security Committee is subordinate to the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Arystan Special Unit. The Academy of the National Security Committee is located in Almaty .
criticism
According to Amnesty International , the KNB is taking counter-terrorism measures against minorities who are believed to endanger national and regional security. Groups particularly affected were asylum seekers and refugees from Uzbekistan as well as members or alleged members of Islamic groups or Islamist parties that are either not registered or are banned in Kazakhstan. Some political figures in the public eye, who were targeted by the KNB in anti-corruption operations, were arbitrarily detained without contact with the outside world.
In the causa Älijew about the former son-in-law of the Kazakh President, Rachat Älijew , and the former head of the KNB, Älnur Mousayev , the secret service tried several times to influence the case, according to the findings of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter Terrorism . Between July and September 2008 there were a total of three kidnapping attempts against Mousayev and Vadim Koschljak, a confidante of Aliyev, which were financed and organized by the Kazakh secret service. In addition, the KNB tried to influence the Austrian judiciary and politics in the process.
Chairperson
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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| 1 | Bolat Bajekenow | October 1991 | December 1993 |
| 2 | Sat Toqpaqbayev | December 1993 | November 1995 |
| 3 | Schengisbek Schumabekow | November 1995 | May 1997 |
| 4th | Only Musayev | May 1997 | September 1998 |
| 5 | Nurtai Äbiqayev | September 1998 | August 1999 |
| 6th | Only Musayev | August 1999 | May 2001 |
| 7th | Marat Täschin | May 2001 | December 2001 |
| 8th | Nartai Dütbayev | December 2001 | February 22, 2006 |
| 9 | Amangeldi Shabdarbaev | March 2, 2006 | December 7, 2009 |
| 10 | Aedil Shayakmetov | December 9, 2009 | August 23, 2010 |
| 11 | Nurtai Äbiqayev | August 23, 2010 | December 25, 2015 |
| 12 | Vladimir Shumaqanov | December 25, 2015 | September 8, 2016 |
| 13 | Kärim Mässimow | September 8, 2016 |
Web links
- KNB website (English, Kazakh and Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Amnesty International: Kazakhstan
- ^ Orf.at: Chronology: The case of Aliyev