The Ministry of National Security (MNS, Azerbaijani: Milli Təhlukəsizlik Nazirliyi) was an intelligence agency within the cabinet of Azerbaijan. The MNS was a central executive authority that carried out the competencies designated to it by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the field of obtaining and analyzing information about foreign affairs, corporations, individuals.
| Milli Təhlükəsizlik Nazirliyi | |
 | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 November 1991 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | 14 December 2015 |
| Superseding agencies | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Azerbaijan |
| Headquarters | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Website | www.mns.gov.az/ |
The MNS also carried out intelligence, counter-intelligence, protection of state secrets, revealing, preventing, precluding and detection of crimes.
History
editMinistry of National Security of Azerbaijan was established on the material-technical and personnel basis of the Soviet Committee of State Security (KGB) on November 1, 1991. Within a short period of time, representatives of other nationalities had left the Ministry and Azerbaijan, the process of staffing Ministry only by the national specialists had begun. Not only the name and the personnel of the security body had changed, but primary change the Ministry faced was its mission and duties.[1]
On 14 December 2015, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree dissolving the ministry and creating a National Security Service with domestic duties and a foreign intelligence service.[citation needed]
Organization
editThis section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2013) |
The Ministry was guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the decrees of President, the decisions and decrees of the Cabinet of Ministers, the international treaties of which Azerbaijan was a part, its statute, and other normative-legal acts of the MNS.
The MNS headquarters were in the following cities:
MNS operations
editIn 2008, the MNS arrested a dozen of Al-Qaeda members who were involved in terrorist attack on Abu Bakr Mosque.[2][3]
Foreign ties and cooperation
editThe MNS has ties to several foreign intelligence agencies including National Intelligence Organization, Mossad and others.[4] The MNS helped thwart the 2000 assassination attempt on Russian president Vladimir Putin by Iraqi citizen Kenan Ahmed Rustam in Martyrs' Lane.[5][6][7]
Ministers (1991–2015)
editMinisters of National Security of Azerbaijan
edit| № | President | Term of office | Political party | Government | Elected | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| 1 | Ilhuseyn Huseynov İlhüseyn Hüseynov (1925–2006) |
18 October 1991 | 17 May 1992 | 212 | Independent |
1. Ayaz Mutallibov | 1991 | [8] | |
| 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown. | |||||||||
| 2 | Fakhraddin Tahmazov Fəxrəddin Təhməzov (1951–) |
17 May 1992 | 3 June 1993 | 382 | Azerbaijani Popular Front Party |
— | 1992 | [9] | |
| 3 | Nariman Imranov Nəriman İmranov (1944–) |
3 June 1993 | 15 October 1994 | 499 | Azerbaijani Popular Front Party |
3. Abulfaz Elchibey | 1993 | [10] | |
| Imprisoned for life for coup d'état attempt in 1994, pardoned in 2002. | |||||||||
| 4 | Namig Abbasov Namiq Abbasov (1940–2024) |
22 March 1995 | 23 July 2004 | 3411 | New Azerbaijan Party |
4. Heydar Aliyev | 1995 | [11] | |
| 1994 Baku Metro bombings; foiled 1995 Azeri coup d'état attempt. | |||||||||
| 5 | 
|
Eldar Mahmudov Eldar Mahmudov (1956–) |
23 July 2004 | 17 October 2015 | 7514 | New Azerbaijan Party |
5. Ilham Aliyev | 2004 | [12] |
| Operation Black Belt; Attack on Abu Bakr Mosque of Baku; Foiled 2007 Baku terrorist plot; Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting. | |||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The history of the security bodies of Azerbaijan Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “Forest brothers” group accused in terrorist attack on Abu Bakr Mosque go on trial
- ^ Azerbaijan security officers arrest 18 suspects in Baku mosque explosion
- ^ Спецслужбы Азербайджана Archived 2010-02-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ "Ильхам Алиев рассказал о первой встрече Гейдара Алиева и Владимира Путина (Видео)".
- ^ "В 2000-х гг. на Путина планировалось покушение в Баку | Новости политики".
- ^ "Покушение на Путина". 25 March 2008.
- ^ "Azərbaycan xüsusi xidmət orqanlarının rəhbərləri". www.mns.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Təhməzov Fəxrəddin Ayət oğlu: 1992 may -1993 iyun". www.mns.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "İmranov Nəriman Şamo oğlu: 1993 iyun -1994 oktyabr". www.mns.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Abbasov Namiq Rəşid oğlu: 1994 oktyabr -2004 iyul". www.mns.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "MNS Profile. Eldar Mahmudov". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-11-15.