National Guard of Kazakhstan

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National Guard of Kazakhstan
Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Ұлттық ұланы Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany Russian: Национальная гвардия Казахстана
Flag of the National Guard
Active	21 April 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-21)
Country	Kazakhstan
Allegiance	Supreme Commander in Chief of the Kazakh Armed Forces
Type	Gendarmerie
Role	Law enforcement Riot control
Size	32,400
Part of	Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan
Headquarters	Astana
Colors	Maroon
Anniversaries	April 7 (Day of Courage) April 21 (Founding day) May 7 (Defender of the Fatherland Day)
Engagements	2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes 2022 Kazakh protests
Website	National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Commanders
Supreme Commander-in-Chief	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Commander in Chief	Lieutenant general Yerkin Botakanov
Chief of Staff	Major general Aktanov K. M.

The National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Ұлттық ұланы, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany, Russian: Национальная гвардия Казахстана) is the internal military force of Kazakhstan. The National Guard performs the military and civilian functions of the Internal Troops of Kazakhstan, which it succeeded. The National Guard often cooperates in unison with many local Kazakh police departments. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan is the main government agency responsible for the management of the National Guard.

The National Guard shares some of the same goals and functions as its predecessor, the Internal Troops:^[1]

• Provide security to important cargo and corrective institutions
• Maintain of a social order and a state of alertness during national emergencies such as natural disasters
• Dismantle illegal armed formations
• Prevent terrorist and/or illegal formations from being assembled in the boundaries of Kazakhstan