Ministries and departments
The Government of the Irad Special Economic Zone has ten ministries, each headed by a minister appointed by the Governor, and two technical departments, each headed by a director. The Lieutenant Governor chairs the cabinet. The ministries of Health, Education, and Labour and Social Protection report to the Lieutenant Governor; the other ministries and the departments report to the Governor.
How the ministries were formed
Under the territorial administration the executive was organised in departments, each headed by a Secretary appointed by the Governor. In December 2006 every department became a ministry and every Secretary a minister. Executive Directive 2007/09 of 6 August 2007, “On the organisation of the administration”, kept the ministries and formed two technical departments: the Department of Infrastructure and Communications, from the former ministries of Communications and of Public Works, and the Department of Energy. Older documents and the territorial fonds of the State Archives refer to the present ministries as “the Department of…”.
Ministries
Ministry of Internal Security
Minister: Talant Mambetaliev
Deputy minister for the southern districts: Jenishbek Tursunaliev
Police detachments in the six districts and the cities; the Republican Gendarmerie; the Passport and Residence Service; the Corrections Directorate; the Civil Protection Service (avalanches, mudflows, floods, earthquakes, pass closures); the State Fire Inspectorate.
Reports to the Governor
Correspondence through the Office of the Governor
Ministry of Defense
Minister: Almaz Turgunbaev
The State Defense Corps, the armed forces of the ISEZ, formed in July 2007. Chief of the General Staff: Maj. Gen. Ruslan Atakanov.
Formed in December 2006; the territorial executive had no defense department.
Reports to the Governor
Correspondence through the Office of the Governor
Ministry of Economy
Minister: Dinara Usupova
Economic policy; the register of firms and trade licensing; the State Tax Service; the Territorial Statistics Office; Iradstandart, the State Agency for Standards, Metrology and Certification; the Foreign Labour Quota Section.
Reports to the Governor
Correspondence through the Office of the Governor
Ministry of Natural Resources
Minister: Chingiz Asanov
Mining concessions under the 1995 code and ore licensing; the Forestry and Protected Areas Service (Besh-Tash National Park and the Irad part of Aksu-Zhabagly); the Plant Quarantine Inspectorate; tailings and mine safety.
The territorial Department of Natural Resources until December 2006.
Reports to the Governor
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources
Minister: Melis Nurmatov
Crop and livestock production; the regional agricultural directorates, among them the Talas Basin Agricultural Directorate and its State Veterinary Inspectorate; irrigation canals, canal rotations and water plans for dry years.
The territorial Department of Agriculture until December 2006; the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources since 2007.
Reports to the Governor
Ministry of Transport
Minister: Oleg Rudenko
Public roads, some 4,800 km in the zone, and road transport; the Civil Aviation Directorate, which runs the Talas Civil Air Terminal.
The territorial Department of Transportation until December 2006.
Reports to the Governor
Ministry of Justice
Minister: Kapar Tilekov
Registration of charities, foundations and associations. Prosecutions are conducted by the Attorney General.
Reports to the Governor
Correspondence through the Office of the Governor
Ministry of Health
Minister: Dr Jamila Kubatova
Hospitals and polyclinics with the city governments, among them the Regional Hospital and Blood Services Center in Talas; rural health posts; vaccination rounds with UNMI. Emergency treatment is free.
The territorial Department of Health until December 2006.
Reports to the Lieutenant Governor
Ministry of Education
Minister: Kanykei Umotova
Head of the curriculum section: Dinara Seitkulova
Public schools, Iradi-medium in the villages and Russian-medium in the towns; the school year from 1 September; school heating and the school building programme; textbooks (Executive Directive 2026/31). The Education Quality Agency remains under the Office of the Governor.
The territorial Department of Education until December 2006.
Reports to the Lieutenant Governor
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
Minister: Aikerim Kalbaeva
Social benefits, disability and children's allowances, and help for the families of migrant workers. Pensions are paid by the State Pension Fund at Irad Pochtasy counters.
Reports to the Lieutenant Governor
Correspondence through the Office of the Governor
Departments
Department of Energy
Director: Sofya Kuznetsova
Energy policy; holds the state's shares in Iradenergo (Toktogul and the Naryn cascade, the high-voltage grid, the National Dispatch Centre).
Formed by Executive Directive 2007/09 of 6 August 2007 to take over the assets of the Territorial Power Authority, transferred to Iradenergo in January 2008.
Headed by a director appointed by the Governor
Correspondence through the Office of the Governor
Department of Infrastructure and Communications
Director: Arstan Medetov
Posts and telecommunications and their regulation; the state's stake in Attelkom; the Digital Services Directorate, which runs the e-Irad public services portal and the e-Government Service Centre (Liberty Boulevard 14, Talas).
Formed by Executive Directive 2007/09 of 6 August 2007 from the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Public Works, the territorial Departments of Communications and of Public Works until December 2006.
Headed by a director appointed by the Governor
In the Office of the Governor
Department of Public Information
Secretary of Public Information: Burulai Akylova
Government press office; registration of publishers and printers; performance and screening permits.
Part of the Office of the Governor; it keeps its territorial name.
External Relations Office
Director: Nathan Kenjeev
Trade offices abroad; liaison with UNMI and the bodies of the 2007 ceasefire and the Naryn Protocol.
Education Quality Agency
Director: Cholponai Bekbolotova
Accredits university and college programmes (2009).
Ministries keep the addresses in the id.gov zone that were registered before 2006, under the names their departments had then; no new names can be added to the zone. Bodies formed since 2006 are reached through the Office of the Governor, info@iradgov.org. For services to the public, use e-Irad.