Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan

Special State Protection Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azərbaycan Respublikası Xüsusi Dövlət Mühafiz Xidməti
Seal of Special State Protection Service
Abbreviation	SSPS
Agency overview
Formed	6 May 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05-06)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Azerbaijan
Specialist jurisdiction	Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state assets.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Abbasgulu Abbaszadeh, 108, Baku, Sabail, AZ1073
Agency executives	Vagif Akhundov, Chief of SSPS, Col-Gen of Economic Development Beyler Eyyubov, First Deputy Chief Niyazi Hajiyev, Deputy Chief
Child agencies	Special Communication and Information Security State Agency Azerbaijani National Guard Azerbaijan Oil and Gas Export Pipeline Security Department
Website
www.dmx.gov.az/index.htm

The Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Xüsusi Dövlət Mühafizə Xidməti; XDMX) is a militarized institution that is under the direct command of the President of Azerbaijan. Since 2020, the organization has been headed by Baylar Eyyubov, a close associate of Azerbaijan's authoritarian ruler Ilham Aliyev.