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State Security Service (Azerbaijan)

The State Security Service (Azerbaijani: Dövlət Təhlükəsizlik Xidməti; DTX) is the principle domestic intelligence agency and secret police of Azerbaijan, created out of the 2015 dissolution of the Ministry of National Security. The DTX was established by Presidential Decree 706 of 14 December 2015, issued by Ilham Aliyev. Headquartered in Baku, the agency has been led by Colonel General Ali Naghiyev since June 2019.

Its foreign intelligence counterpart is the Foreign Intelligence Service.

The legal basis of the activities of the State Security Service contains the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the laws and legislative acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan: “Intelligence and counterintelligence activities”, “On national security”, “On the fight against terrorism”, “On operational-investigative activities”, “On state secret” and others, the statute of State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, decrees and orders of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, resolutions and Orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, central executive bodies` normative legal acts adopted following legislation, international agreements signed by the Republic of Azerbaijan following the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

State Security Service operates following commitments of observing the human and civil rights and freedom, humanism, the principle of responsibility for the state and society.

The Academy of the State Security Service was established in the basis of decree of president of Azerbaijan dated 1 December 1998. The main goal of the academy is to train highly qualified personnel for national security agencies.

The academy has 3 faculties:

The Main Military Medical Department of the State Security Service was inaugurated on 12 November 2013, providing sanatorium-resort treatment and recreation for the SSS military personnel and retirees and their families. It is located at 1 Maktabli Street in the municipality of Badamdar in the Sabail District.

The polyclinic of the Main Military Medical Department carries out initial examinations and outpatient treatment of military servicemen, retirees and their families.

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