 The MNB and the national police force are under the direction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Until 2002 was known as the KNB (Committee for National Security).The ministry was by President Saparmurat Niyazov established in September 1991 as the National Security Committee.It succeeded the Committee for State Security, or the KGB of the Turkmen SSR, which was the republican affiliate of the uniformed security agency of the USSR.