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Presentation of the Ministry of National Security

The Azerbaijan Ministry of National Security (MNS) is an intelligence agency of the Azerbaijan government. The MNS is a central executive authority which carries out the competencies referred to it by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the field of obtaining and analyzing information about foreign affairs, corporations, individuals. The MNS also carries out intelligence, counter-intelligence, protection of state secret, revealing, preventing, precluding and detection of crimes.
The Ministry 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 have 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.

Jens Pattke, 31 August 2010


Colours of the Academy of the Ministry of National Security

[Ministry of National Security, reverse]     [Ministry of National Security, obverse]

Color of the Academy of the Ministry of National Security, Military Unit No. 1901, reverse and obverse - Images by Jens Pattke, 31 August 2010, after the official Decree

The colors of the "Heydar Aliyev" Academy of the Ministry of National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan are prescribed by a Decree signed on 24 March 2006 by the President of the Republic.

The flag measures 114 cm x 145 cm and is horizontally divided blue-red-green, like the national flag of Azerbaijan. On the obverse of the flag, there is a white crescent (height 38 cm) and eight-pointed star (height 20 cm) in the middle of the red stripe and the golden lettering AZƏRBAYCAN UǦRUNDA! (For Azerbaijan!) in the blue stripe. The letters are 6.5 cm high and 5 cm wide.
On the reverse of the flag, there is the emblem of the Ministry of National Security (height 54 cm) in the middle of the red stripe, the golden lettering AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI / MİLLİ TƏHLÜKƏSİZLİK NAZİRLİYİNİN / HEYDƏR ƏLİYEV ADINA AKADEMİYASI ("Heydar Aliyev" Academy of the Ministry of National Security ofthe Republic of Azerbaijan) in the blue stripe (letters, 6 cm x 5 cm), and the number and name of the unit (here, 1901 SAYLI HƏRBİ HİSSƏ [Military Unit No. 1901]) in gold (numbers 7 cm x 4.5 cm; letters 5 cm x 4.5 cm) in the green stripe.
The staff of the flag is 2.50 m in length and 4 cm in diameter; it is made of brown lacquered wood. The lace of the flag is made of golden silk and is 2.70-2.85 m long. There are tassels on both ends of the flag.

The color is a symbol of military honour, courage and fame. It must remain in the Academy forever, independently of any change of its name or number. The flag must be on the battlefield; every member of the Academy must protect it and should not allow the enemy to capture it. In case of loss of the flag, the chief of the Academy will be responsible and the Academy will be suppressed.

Adapted from the national agency APA (Azeri Press Information Agency), 26 March 2006.

Ivan Sache & Jens Pattke, 31 August 2010


Colour of an unidentified Unit of the Ministry of National Security

[Unidentified color, reverse]     [Unidentified color, obverse]

Unidentified color, reverse and obverse - Images by Jens Pattke, 31 August 2010, after the official Decree

The color of the ƏLAHİDDƏ TABOR of the Ministry of National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan is prescribed by a Decree signed on 21 November 2008 by the President of the Republic.

The flag measures 114 cm x 145 cm and is horizontally divided blue-red-green, like the national flag of Azerbaijan. On the obverse of the flag, there is a white crescent (height 38 cm) and eight-pointed star (height 20 cm) in the middle of the red stripe and the golden lettering AZƏRBAYCAN UǦRUNDA! (For Azerbaijan!) in the blue stripe. The letters are 6.5 cm high and 5 cm wide.
On the reverse of the flag, there is the emblem of the Ministry of National Security (height 54 cm) in the middle of the red stripe, the golden lettering AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI / MİLLİ TƏHLÜKƏSİZLİK NAZİRLİYİ (Academy of the Ministry of National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan) in the blue stripe (letters, 6 cm x 5 cm), and the name of the unit, ƏLAHİDDƏ TABOR, in gold (numbers 7 cm x 4.5 cm; letters 5 cm x 4.5 cm) in the green stripe.

Jens Pattke, 31 August 2010