About the Ministry

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic is a state executive body that is responsible for developing and implementing state policies, carrying out normative-legal regulations, as well as supervising and controlling activities in the field of civil defense, protection of the population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies, ensuring fire safety, and promoting human safety on waterbodies.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic carries out its activities directly and through its constituent territorial bodies, as well as bodies specifically authorized to solve problems of civil defense and to prevent and respond to emergencies in all regions of the country. The state body is responsible for supervising and providing assistance to fire departments, rescue military units, the state inspectorate for small vessels, emergency rescue units, search and rescue units, paramilitary mountain rescue units, educational, scientific, medical,sanatorium, and other institutions and organizations, as well as representatives of the Ministry in the representative offices of the Kyrgyz Republic to international organizations.

In its activities, the Ministry is guided by the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, the laws of the Kyrgyz Republic, the acts of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, international treaties with Kyrgyzstan, and these Regulations. The Ministry reviews the application of the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in its sphere of activity, develops proposals for its improvement, and submits them for consideration to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic carries out its activities in cooperation with other state executive bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic, local self-government bodies,as well as public associations and organizations.

Important dates in the transformation of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the KyrgyzRepublic:

On December 15, 1990, the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a resolution titled "On the creation of a State All-Union system for preventing emergency situations and emergency response."

In furtherance of this resolution, on July 1, 1991, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (then part of theUSSR) adopted a resolution on the establishment of a permanentbody of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republicof Kyrgyzstan on emergency situations.

By the Order of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan No. 271-р dated August 8, 1991, the State Commission for Emergency Situations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republicof Kyrgyzstan was established.

On January 6, 1992, by Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 4, the State Commission of the Cabinetof Ministers of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan for emergency situations was reorganized into the State Commission for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

On May 27, 1993, by Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic No. VII-153, the Department of Civil Defensebecame a part of the State Commission of the KyrgyzRepublic, which was later reorganized into the State Commission for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense.

On March 4, 1996, by Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic No. UP-45, the State Commission for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic was transformed into the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense.

On December 28, 2000, by Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 363, the Ministry of Ecology and Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic was established by merging the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Hydrometeorological Agency (KyrgyzHydromet), and the State Agency for Forestry under the Government of the KyrgyzRepublic.

On October 15, 2005, by Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 462, it was reorganized into theMinistry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic.