Azerbaijani National Guard

Azerbaijani National Guard
*Azərbaycan Milli Qvardiyası*
Azerbaijani National Guard; Azərbaycan Milli Qvardiyası
	Flag of National Guard
Agency overview
Formed	25 December 1991
Employees	2,500
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Azerbaijan
Specialist jurisdiction	Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state assets.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh Street, Binəqədi raion, Baku
Agency executive	Colonel-General Vagif Akhundov, Chief of SSPS;
Parent agency	Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan
	Azadlıq Marşı (Freedom's March)

The Azerbaijani National Guard (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Qvardiyası) is an armed force of the Government of Azerbaijan, and operates as a semi-independent entity as well as the a reserve component of the Azerbaijan Army. The Special State Protection Service (SSPS) of Azerbaijan is a military unit subordinate to the President of Azerbaijan. The missions of the Azerbaijani National Guard are to protect government facilities such as the National Parliament, and the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan as well as foreign heads of state and government in Azerbaijan.

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