In accordance with subparagraph 3) of Article 44 of Kazakhstan’s Constitution, in order to modernize and improve the efficiency of public administration I hereby resolve:
1. To establish the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter - the Ministry).
To indicate guidelines of the Ministry‘s activity as implementation of the state policy in the field of defensive, aerospace and electronic engineering industry, information security in the area of informational support and communication (cybersecurity), mobilization training and draft for military service, formation and development of the state material reserve, participation in pursuing a single military technical policy and military-technical cooperation and leadership in the field of formation, placement and execution of defense contracts.
To assign the newly formed Ministry with functions and powers:
in the defense industry from the Defense Ministry of Kazakhstan;
in the field of space activities from the Investment and Development Ministry of Kazakhstan;
in the sphere of mobilization training and draft for military service, formation and development of the state material reserve from the National Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan;
in the field of information security from the Office of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister and information security in the area of informational support and communication from the Ministry of Information and Communications of Kazakhstan.
2. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall make provision for:
1) formation of the Information Security Committee, Aerospace Committee and the Committee for State Stockpiles of the Defense and Aerospace Industry Ministry of Kazakhstan;
2) taking other measures resulting from the present Decree.
3. To write the following additions to the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan as of January 22, 1999 № 6 "On the structure of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan":
in paragraph 1:
after the line "The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan" to add the following line
"The Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan;".
4. Control over execution of this Decree shall be entrusted on the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
5. This Decree comes into force from the date of its signing.
The President of
the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Astana, Akorda, October 6, 2016
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