Ministry on Emergency Situations was established in Kazakhstan

President Tokayev has signed a decree on the formation of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The text of the decree is on the Akorda website.

In accordance with subclause 3) Article 44 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in order to modernize and increase the efficiency of the public administration system, I DECIDE to:

1. Establish the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the transfer of functions and powers of the:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of prevention and elimination of natural and man-made emergencies, civil defense, fire safety, ensuring the functioning and further development of the state system for preventing and eliminating emergency situations, organizing the prevention and extinguishing of fires;

The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of industrial safety;

Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the formation and development of the state material reserve.

2. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall provide:

1) in agreement with the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the redistribution of the staffing between the reorganized state bodies and the newly formed Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as their subordinate organizations;

2) taking other measures to implement this Decree.

3. Determine the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the legal successor of the rights and obligations of the ministries of internal affairs, industry and infrastructure development, the national economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the transferred functions and powers.

4. Introduce the following addition to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 22, 1999 No. 6 "On the structure of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (SAPP of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2019, No. 22, art. 205):
paragraph 1 shall be supplemented with the following line: “Ministry on Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan”

5. Control over the implementation of this Decree shall be entrusted to the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

6. This Decree comes into effect from the date of its signing.

Source: https://www.zakon.kz/5039157-ministerstvo-po-chrezvychaynym.html