Internal Troops of Georgia

Internal Troops of Georgia
საქართველოს შინაგანი ჯარები
Patch of the Georgian Internal Troops, c. 1997.
Active12 September 1991 (1991-09-12) – November 2004 (2004-11)
CountryGeorgia
BranchGeorgian Ministry of Internal Affairs
TypeGendarmerie
Size5,000–7,000 (end of 1995)
Garrison/HQTbilisi, Georgia
EngagementsGeorgian Civil War

The Internal Troops of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს შინაგანი ჯარები, sak'art'velos shinagani jarebi, lit.'Georgia's Inside Soldiers') was the militarized gendarmerie-like force in Georgia from 1991 to 2004. It was subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police authority of the country.