The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (EMER, Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Төтенше жағдайлар министрлігі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy Tötenşe jağdaılar ministrlıgı, ҚР ТЖМ; Russian: Министерство по чрезвычайным ситуациям Республики Казахстан, МЧС РК), formerly known as the Committee for Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Төтенше жағдайлар жөніндегі комитеті, romanized: Tötenşe jağdaılar jönındegı komitetı) and also known as the EMERCOM of Kazakhstan, is a government agency overseeing emergency services in Kazakhstan.

Taking into account the lessons of the Chernobyl disaster in 1988, the Soviet Council of Ministers created the Permanent emergency Commission of the USSR on elimination of consequences of accidents and natural disasters.

Its members included the heads of ministries and departments, major national organizations.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev on 21 August recognized the commission as one of the factors of national security.

[6] By decree of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on 9 September 2020, it became a separate department within the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.