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=== Presidential Security Service ===
[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (51).jpg|thumb|A vehicle of the security service in 2011]]
The [[Presidential Security Service (Turkmenistan)|Presidential Security Service]] ({{Langx|tk|Prezidentiniň howpsuzlyk gullugy}}) is responsible for ensuring the protection and security of the president. Established in November 1990, it is a directly reporting body of the President of Turkmenistan and not part of the Ministry of Defense.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=2421|title=Закон Туркменистана "Об оперативно-розыскной деятельности"|website=base.spinform.ru|access-date=13 October 2022|archive-date=13 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013224626/https://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=2421|url-status=live}}</ref> During [[state visits]] to foreign countries, the service provides at least 10 agents to protect the president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pikabu.ru/story/koechto_o_prezidentskoy_okhrane_5967301|title=Кое-что о президентской охране|website=Пикабу|date=15 June 2018 |access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131156/https://pikabu.ru/story/koechto_o_prezidentskoy_okhrane_5967301|url-status=live}}</ref> The Presidential Security Service is currently composed of 2,000 employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.hronikatm.com/2013/06/some-facts-about-the-presidential-security-team/|title=Some facts about the Presidential security team &#124; Chronicles of Turkmenistan|date=14 June 2013|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415010036/https://en.hronikatm.com/2013/06/some-facts-about-the-presidential-security-team/|url-status=live}}</ref>