page_title: Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan)
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan) / Structure
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Праздник "Навруз" в г. Пенджикенте. Таджикистан, март 2018г.
context_page_description: The Ministry of Internal Affairs, also called the Ministry of the Interior, abbreviated VKD, is the interior ministry of the government of Tajikistan. It oversees the Presidential National Guard, Internal and Border Troops. Since 2012, the Minister of Internal Affairs has been Lieutenant General Ramazon Rahimov. He is responsible for youth crime prevention and working to lower youth crime rates in the country. The law "On Police" was adopted on 7 April 2004 by the Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan to define the duties of the interior ministry.
context_section_description: The VKD is divided into several departments:
  Office of the Minister of the Internal Affairs
  Secretariat of the Ministry
  Organizational and Inspection Department
  Internal Security Department
  Department of International Cooperation
  Investigation Department
  Inquiry Department
  Security Department
  Material and technical and military supply Department
  Personnel management
  Expert-Criminalistics Department
  Main Information and Analytical Center
  Department of Capital Construction
  Criminal Investigation Department
  Financial and Economic Department
  Delinquency Prevention Services
  Department of Public Order and Protection
  Department for Combating Organized Crime
  Department for Combating Drug Trafficking
  Medical Department
  Traffic Police
  Training Center
  Main Directorate of the State Fire Service
  Motor Vehicles Department
  Rapid Reaction Force
  Internal Troops (led by Major General Negmatullo Kurbanov)
  Department of Transport
  Quarantine Platoon
  Military Band
  VKD Academy (led by Major General Faizali Sharifzoda)
  Republican Council "Dynamo"
  National Central Bureau "Interpol"
  Bureau for the Coordination of Combating Organized Crime
  ОМОN
  Department of Communications
  Council of Veterans
  Special Presidential Unit
  Passport and Registration Service
  Coordination Headquarters
  Department of Militia and Ecology
  National Coordination Department for police reform
  Research Center
  Dog training Center
caption: A Tajik Police Officer.
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