The Aibyn Presidential Regiment of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan ( Kazakh: Айбынның Президенттік құрметті қорғау полкі, ''Aibynnyñ Prezidenttık qūrmettı qorğau polkı'';

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: Президентский полк "Айбын" Службы государственной охраны Республики Казахстан, ''Prezidentskiy polk "Aybyn" Sluzhby gosudarstvennoy okhrany Respubliki Kazakhstan'') is a ceremonial

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of the

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. It is comparable to the

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and the

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. When the Republican Guard was formed in 1992, as decreed by the newly elected

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, it included a Guard of Honor company called the Ceremonial Battalion. This was later renamed the Presidential Regiment, currently commanded by Captain Khasen Omarkhanov.

Duties and public role

The unit takes a direct role in the provision of state protocol and ceremonial events. Particularly, it has taken part in the changing of the guard ceremony in the

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since 2001 and the

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. In August 1992, the unit marched for the first time in front of President

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and the following April, it mounted the guard of honour for visiting Turkish President

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. In February 1993, personnel of the guard of honor took 24-hour protection under of the national flag and coat of arms in the Palace of the Republic. In 2015, the Soviet

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was brought to

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(the capital of

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) to be trooped through

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by personnel of the regiment in the

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parade on 7 May. It holds the ceremony of raising the national flag every year on December 1.

Foreign visits

In July 1997, the servicemen of the regiment and the Presidential Band went on a tour to

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at the invitation of the

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, presenting Kazakh culture and combat art there. In September 2006, the guardsmen were invited to the Russian capital for the celebrations of Moscow City Day, coming back a year later where they took part in the

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Public figure

The official regimental uniform is a white and aqua tunic for officers and a blue tunic for soldiers. Being at least is one of the requirements to be in the regiment, the other is good health. The honorific of ''"Aibyn"'' was added in 2014.

Gallery

File:Closing ceremony of the international festival "Trumpet of Peace 2016" (Kazakhstan, Astana) 02.jpg, Captain Khasen Omarkhanov File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a guard of honour in Kazakhstan.jpg, Indian Prime Minister

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receiving a guard of honour from the regiment. File:Putin in Kazakhstan 2015 03.jpg, Russian President

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inspecting the guard of honour. File:Official welcoming ceremony of Ilham Aliyev in Almaty was held 02.jpg, The regimental guard of honour during an inspection by President

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