The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence ( mk, Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање), commonly referred to by the
acronym
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UBK, was the domestic
counterintelligence
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and
security agency
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of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
. Its
headquarters are located in
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Sk ...
, and the agency is under jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
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Lists of current ministries of internal affairs
Named "ministry"
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.
The agency was founded in the
People's Republic of Macedonia
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...
under the name Department for People's Protection
OZNA, as the official security agency in the Macedonian socialist republic.
Officially, the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, was founded in 1995 under the name Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence.
This agency was succeeded by the National Security Agency
Directors
See also
*
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
*
Intelligence Agency
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Means of informa ...
(Civilian Agency)
*
Military Service for Security and Intelligence
The Military Service for Security and Intelligence of North Macedonia is an intelligence office within the Minister of Defense (North Macedonia), Ministry of Defence of North Macedonia.
Mission
:Planning, analyzing, processing and dissemination o ...
-G2 (Military Agency)
References
External links
*
dbki.gov.mk''Retrieved 15.05.2015 (Macedonian)''
slobodenpecat.mk 1/27/2015''Retrieved 18.05.2015 (Macedonian)''
Specialist law enforcement agencies of North Macedonia
North Macedonia intelligence agencies
Domestic intelligence agencies
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