Foreign Intelligence Service

«Сырбар» сыртқы барлау қызметі «Syrbar» syrtqy barlaý qyzmeti
Official Emblem
Agency overview
Formed	2009
Preceding agency	Barlau Department of the KNB
Agency executives	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan Askar Amerkhanov (since 3 April 2023), Director
Website	http://svr.kz/ (in Kazakh)

The Kazakh Foreign Intelligence Service (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының «Сырбар» сыртқы барлау қызметі Qazaqstan Respýblıkasynyń "Syrbar" syrtqy barlaý qyzmeti or just Syrbar) is Kazakhstan's primary external intelligence agency. The Syrbar is the successor of the Barlau Department in the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan since February 2009.

History

• October 15, 1993 - President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree "On the creation of intelligence units in the National Security Committee and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan".^[1]
• November 5, 1997 - the Brlau Department was created as an independent foreign intelligence agency under the KNB.
• February 17, 2009 - the Foreign Intelligence Service "Syrbar" directly subordinate to the President was re-established .
• June 17, 2019 - the Foreign Intelligence Service "Syrbar" is put under the National Security Committee and renamed to the Foreign Intelligence Service of the National Security Committee.

Directors

• Amanzhol Zhankuliyev (April 14, 2011^[2] - ?)
• Issatai Sartayev (September 27, 2018^[3] - February 12, 2019)
• Gabit Bayanov (since February 12, 2019)^[4]

Departmental awards

• Medals:^[5]
  • Veteran of the Syrbar Service Medal
  • Medal "For Excellent Service"
  • Medal "For Contribution to External Intelligence"
• Badges:
  • Badge "For Excellent Service"

• 
  Medal "For Excellent Service", 1st class
• 
  Medal "For Excellent Service", 2nd class
• 
  Medal "For Excellent Service", 3rd class
• 
  Medal "For Contribution to External Intelligence"

Cooperation with foreign intelligence services

An agreement on intelligence cooperation between USA and Kazakhstan was signed in 2010. This secret treaty covers cooperation of the CIA with the Kazakh Intelligence Service.