Presidential Guard may refer to:
Current units
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Presidential Guard Unit (Angola) The Presidential Guard Unit () is the Angolan Armed Forces presidential guard to the President of Angola. It is also responsible for the defense of the capital of Luanda. The special unit specializes in house warfare. The group consists of both male ...
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President Guard Regiment, Bangladesh
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Presidential Security Service (Belarus)
The Belarusian Presidential Guard or officially the Presidential Security Service (, ) is a law-enforcement body that was designed to protect the President of Belarus and other high-ranking officials and officers.
History
According to the US an ...
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Bolivian Colorados Regiment
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Presidential Guard Battalion (Brazil)
The Presidential Guard Battalion (, BGP), also known as Duke of Caxias Battalion (''Batalhão Duque de Caxias''), or by its historical designation Emperor's Battalion (''Batalhão do Imperador''), is a unit of the Brazilian Army and honour guard ...
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Presidential Guard (Cameroon)
The Cameroon Presidential Guard (), is a military protection unit of the Cameroon Armed Forces. Unlike the Republican Guard, which existed until early 1984 and was placed under the authority of the General Delegate for the Gendarmerie, the GP repor ...
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La Moneda Palace Guard, Chile
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37th Infantry Presidential Guard Battalion, Colombia
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Presidential Guard Unit (Cyprus)
The Presidential Guard Unit () is responsible for the protection of the President of Cyprus and his family. It was officially established in 1979 and is part of the Cyprus Police.
History
Though the Presidential Guard was only officially establis ...
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President's Own Guard Regiment
The President's Own Guard Regiment (POGR) is an infantry regiment of the Ghana Army (GA).
POGR history
The POGR infantry regiment was founded in 1960 as the Presidential Guard Regiment following Ghana, Ghana's independence when Kwame Nkrumah incr ...
, Ghana
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Presidential Guard (Greece)
The Presidential Guard () is a ceremonial infantry unit that guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece. The unit is distinguished as the last unit of Evzones in the Hellenic Army, and is closely assoc ...
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President's Bodyguard (India)
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Presidential Security Force of Indonesia
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State Protection and Guard Service of Moldova
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Presidential Guards Brigade (Nigeria)
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President's Bodyguard (Pakistan)
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Palestinian Presidential Guard
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Presidential Security Command
The Presidential Security Command (PSC), known from 1986 to 2024 as the Presidential Security Group (PSG), is a Philippine close protection agency. It is the primary agency concerned with providing close-in security and escort to the Presiden ...
, Philippines
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Kremlin Regiment
The Kremlin Regiment (), also called the Presidential Regiment (), is a unique military regiment and part of the Russian Federal Protective Service (Russia), Federal Protective Service with the status of a special unit. The regiment ensures the s ...
, Russia
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Saudi Arabian National Guard
The Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG), also known as the White Army, is one of the three major branches of the military forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The national guard is under the administrative control of the Ministry of National ...
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Saudi Royal Guard Regiment
The Saudi Arabian Royal Guard () is a unit in the Saudi military forces. Originally an independent military force, the Royal Guards were incorporated into the Armed Forces since its inception until 1953. It is not to be confused with the SANG. ...
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National Guard (Tajikistan)
The National Guard (; ), formerly called the Brigade of Special Mission and Presidential Guard, is the National Guard service branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan, under direct command of the President of Tajikistan. Their prim ...
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Presidential Guard Brigade (Uganda)
The Presidential Guards Brigade (PGB) is one of the special forces units of the Uganda People's Defence Force charged with counterterrorism, counter-revolutionary, and protecting the President of Uganda. It has been described as President Yoweri ...
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United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard
The UAE Presidential Guard (UAE-PG) () is an elite military special operations unit of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. It is a military unit that operates outside the conventional framework of traditional armed forces. Its estimated 12,000 ...
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United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to American political leaders, thei ...
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Presidential Guard (Zimbabwe)
The Presidential Guard (PG) of the Zimbabwe National Army is an elite unit responsible for protecting the President of Zimbabwe. It is one of eight brigade-sized formations and two district commands in the ZNA.‘Thousands Mark ZDF Anniversary’, ...
Former units
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Regiment of Presidential Security
The Presidential Security Regiment (, RSP) was an elite Praetorian Guard, praetorian guard unit responsible for the security and protection of the List of heads of state of Burkina Faso, President of Burkina Faso. It was an independent branch and ...
, Burkina Faso
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Estado Mayor Presidencial
The Estado Mayor Presidencial — EMP () was the institution charged with protecting and safeguarding the President of Mexico, the First Lady of Mexico and their immediate families. It is described in its regulations as a military technical body ...
, Mexico
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Presidential Guard (South Vietnam)
The Presidential Guard ( Vietnamese: ''Lữ đoàn Liên binh phòng vệ Tổng Thống Phủ'' Chữ Hán: 旅團聯兵防衛總統府) was a military unit of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) that was assigned to personally protect the ...
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Presidential Guard Regiment (Turkey)
Presidential Guard Regiment () was a military unit of the Turkish Armed Forces stationed in Çankaya Köşkü, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Turkey (office abolished in 2018) and until 2014 the official residence of the President ...
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Special Presidential Division
The Special Presidential Division (DSP; French Division Spéciale Présidentielle) was an elite praetorian guard unit created by Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko in 1985 and charged with his personal security.
History
It was initially call ...
, Zaire
See also
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Republican guard
A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name ''Republican'') which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous wit ...
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Royal guard
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