Holidays of Kazakhstan - Day of National Security Agencies Employees

Every year in the first half of July, one of the professional holidays takes place in Kazakhstan, namely, the holiday is celebrated by national security officers of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Officially, the holiday first appeared in 2011, after President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a corresponding decree establishing a professional holiday. The date chosen was July 13, since on the same day, but in 1992, the KGB of the Republic of Kazakhstan was reorganized into a new organization called the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan. The tasks of the committee were to ensure the security and sovereignty of the republic. The Committee is only a separate structure of the unified national security system. The National Security Committee consists of:• territorial and structural divisions of regional and city significance;• border service of the National Security Committee;• military counterintelligence units;• foreign intelligence service "Barlau";• special forces battalions;• research laboratories;• departmental hospitals. The emblem of the organization was chosen to be an image of a round shield with a blue central part and blue around the edges. In the center of the shield itself is a seven-pointed red star with a gold base, as a symbol of hope and faith. It is no coincidence that the star is depicted with seven rays: the ancestors of the Kazakhs considered this number sacred. In the center of the star there is a symbolic image of the skeleton of a Kazakh yurt. Along the edge of the emblem in a circle there is an inscription in Kazakh “National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan”, and next to it the motto “Namys. Aibyn. Otan", which translates as "Honor. Valor. Fatherland." The official flag of the organization is considered to be a blue cloth with the committee emblem in the center. Graduates of the capital's Academy and the Military Institute of the NCB of the Republic of Kazakhstan become employees of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan. In addition to the required disciplines, students study foreign languages, and graduates after graduation become certified lawyers and operatives. On the Day of Employees of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, committee employees receive congratulations from colleagues and superiors.