Committees and departments

• Committee of the Penal System;
• Administrative Police Committee;
• Migration Service Committee;
• Committee for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (2014—2020);
• Investigation Department;
• Criminal Police Committee;
• Logistics Department;
• Headquarters Department;
• Committee on the Control of Drug Trafficking and Drug Control;
• Road Police Committee;
• Operational and Criminalistics Department;
• Department for Countering Extremism;
• Department of Special Training;
• Department of Internal Security;
• Department of Operational Planning;
• Department of Technical Service;
• Information and Analytical Center;
• Legal Department;
• Internal Audit Department;
• Department of Financial Support;
• Personnel Department;
• Department of State Language and Information.

Directorates

• Management;
• Office "A";
• National Central Bureau of Interpol (as management);
• Information and analytical center;
• Second special management;
• State institutions subordinate to the Ministry in the form of Republican State Enterprises;
• Joint Stock Companies;
• Limited Liability Partnerships.

In the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs there are 246 territorial divisions, including 16 departments (DIA) at the regional level, including the capital and city of republican subordination, 43 internal affairs departments at the level of urban districts.^[8]

Command

• High Command of the National Guard;
• Committee of the Penitentiary System;
• Administrative Police Committee.

Sunkar Detachment

Kazakhstani policeman

The Special Purpose "Sunkar" (Kazakh: Сұңқар - Сокол) Detachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs serves as the special forces for the law enforcement bodies of Kazakhstan.^[9] It was founded on 11 May 1998. The main combat missions of the unit are to capture and destroy of especially dangerous armed criminals and conduct special operations to free hostages and facilities of strategic importance. In 2003, the collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs decided to use "Sunkar" exclusively for the most difficult tasks that could entail significant losses of personnel. Their headquarters is located in Almaty and it has 5 regional offices throughout Kazakhstan. Structurally, the unit is a special-purpose company with a total number of just over 100 people. The training system is in many ways similar to the Russian Vityaz. In 2004, the unit was commanded by Colonel Alexander Yuriev. The current commander is Colonel Dulat Kurmashev.^[10]

Almaty Academy

The Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan was established on 1 July 1999 on the basis of the Almaty Legal and Almaty Technical Institutes of the MVD. The birthday of the Almaty Academy is 23 July 1956, when the Almaty Secondary Special Police School was established. In 2002, three institutes were established at the academy: an institute for training the leadership of the internal affairs bodies, law institute based on secondary specialized education, and a research institute.^[12] After the reorganization of the Almaty Law College, the Special Faculty of the Law Institute of the academy was organized at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The special faculty was reorganized in September 2012 and the Technical Faculty of the Almaty Academy was established.^[13]

Karaganda Academy

The Karaganda Academy named after Barimbek Beisenov (formerly the Karaganda Higher School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs) was founded in 1969 on the basis of the faculty of the Moscow Higher Police School of the Soviet MVD. By the decree of the government in 2001, the academy was named after Barimbek Sarsenovich Beisenov, the first head of this institution and one of the founders of the academy.^[14][15]

Military Institute of the National Guard

The Military Institute of the National Guard is the branch of the National Guard focused on education.^[16][17] It was founded as the Higher Military College of the Internal Troops by governmental decree on March 18, 1997. President Nazarbayev would present the school with its own ceremonial banner that December.^[18]

Interior ministers of the Kazakh SSR

• Afanasy Pchelkin (July 9, 1946 — January 19, 1949);
• Ivan Ilich Dolgikh (January 19, 1949 — January 31, 1951);
• Vladimir Gubin (February 16, 1951 — August 4, 1954);
• Shyrakbek Kabylbaev (August 10, 1954 — November 18, 1959);
• Mahmud Sapargaliev (1959 — May 1961);
• Dmitry Pankov (July 24, 1961 — April 1967) (as Minister of Public Order);
• Shyrakbek Kabylbaev (1967 — 1973);
• Makan Esbulatov (November 1973 — 1980);
• Andrey Plataev (1980 — 1986);
• Grigory Knyazev (1986 — 1990^[19]).

Since independence

• Mikhail Bersenyov (April 1990 — April 1992);
• Vladimir Shumov (April 1992 — September 1994);
• Bulat Baekenov (October 1994 — November 1995);
• Kairbek Suleimenov (November 1995 — December 2000);
• Bolat Iskakov (December 2000 — January 2002);
• Kairbek Suleimenov (January 2002 — September 12, 2003);
• Zautbek Turisbekov (12 September 2003 — 14 October 2005);
• Bauyrzhan Mukhamedzhanov (14 October 2005 — 2 April 2009);
• Serik Baimaganbetov (2 April 2009 — 11 April 2011);
• Kalmukhanbet Kassymov (11 April 2011 — 12 February 2019);
• Erlan Turgymbaev (12 February 2019 — 16 April 2022).
• Marat Akhmetzhanov (16 April 2022 — 2 September 2023).
• Yerzhan Sadenov (Since 2 September 2023).