| Special Forces of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|
| Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының МКҚ Айрықша мақсаттағы күштері Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ MKQ Aıryqşa maqsattağy küşterı Russian: Силы особого назначения СГО Республики Казахстан | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Emblem_of_the_Republican_Guard_of_Kazakhstan.gif) Emblem of the former Republican Guard | |
| Active | 16 March 1992 |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Allegiance | President of the Republic of Kazakhstan[1] |
| Branch | State Security Service of Kazakhstan |
| Size | c. 2,000 |
| Part of | State Security Service |
| Nickname(s) | The Ulan Republican Guard |
| Anniversaries | 16 March (Day of the Republican Guard[2]) |
| Website | Official site |
| Commanders | |
| Head of the SGO | Anuar Sadykulov |
| Commander of the Special Forces of the SGO | Lieutenant General Mukhtar Ayubaev |
The Special Forces of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan, also known commonly and formerly as the Republican Guard of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Республикалық ұланы, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Respublikalyq ūlany; Russian: Республиканская гвардия Республики Казахстана, romanized: Respublikanskaya gvardiya Respubliki Kazakhstana) is a branch of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan. It was also a former independent service branches of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The former Republican Guard and the current Special Forces of the SGO is designed for protection and defense of residence of the President of Kazakhstan in Almaty and Nur-Sultan.
The Republican Guard was established on 16 March 1992, when President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree on their creation on the basis of a separate brigade of operational designation of the Internal Troops deployed in the village of Kaskelen district of Almaty region.[3]
- ^ История Республиканской Гвардии Республики Казахстан
- ^ "Day of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan". calendr.net. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018.
- ^ "Сегодня – День создания Республиканской гвардии". Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2014.