Civil Guard refers to various policing organisations:

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* Civil Guard (Spain), Spanish gendarmerie *

Civil Guard (Israel) The Civil Guard ( he, המשמר האזרחי, Ha-Mishmar Ha-ʿEzraḥi), abbreviated in Hebrew as Mash'az (משא"ז) is a volunteer organization of Israeli citizens which assists in daily police work. It is a subdivision of the Israel Poli ...

, Israeli volunteer police reserve * Civil Guard (Brazil), Municipal law enforcement corporations in Brazil Historic Civil Guards now abolished: * ''

Garde Civique The ''Garde Civique'' or ''Burgerwacht'' (French and Dutch; "Civic Guard") was a Belgian paramilitary militia which existed between 1830 and 1920. Created in October 1830 shortly after the Belgian Revolution, the Guard amalgamated the various ...

'' of Belgium, a historic militia maintained until 1914 * Civil Guard (Costa Rica), fully merged into the Fuerza Pública *

Civil Guard (Peru) , mottotranslated = Honor is its badge , formedyear = 1873 , formedmonthday = December 31 , preceding1 = , dissolved = December 6, 1988) until its complete incorporation to the National Police of Peru in 1991. , superseding ...

, police force of Peru in 1924 * Civil Guard (Colombia), created in 1902 * Civil Guard (El Salvador), created in 1867, which then gave way to the

National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...

in 1912 * Civil Guard (Honduras), a militarized police commanded directly by President

Ramón Villeda Morales José Ramón Adolfo Villeda Morales (November 26, 1909 – October 8, 1971) served as President of Honduras from 1957 to 1963. He was also known by the nickname, "Pajarito". Biography Trained as a physician, his specialty was pediatrics ...

* Civil Guard Association for a Better Future, Hungarian anti-Roma organization * Civil Guard (Panama) (abolished) *

Civil Guard (Philippines) The Civil Guard in the Philippines ( es, Guardia Civil en las Filipinas, ) was the branch of the Spanish Civil Guard organized under the Captaincy General of the Philippines and a component of the Spanish Army. It was disbanded after the Spani ...

, a local gendarmerie organized under the auspices of the Spanish colonial authorities * Civil Guard (South Vietnam), merged into the

South Vietnamese Popular Force The South Vietnamese Popular Force ( vi, nghĩa quân, PF) (originally the Self-Defense Corps) was a part-time local militia of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the Vietnam War. The South Vietnamese Popular Force mainly protected ...

and the South Vietnamese Regional Force * Gwardya Sibil (Philippine resistance network), a civilian underground network operating during World War II *

Suojeluskunta The White Guard or Civil Guard (, ; ; ) was a voluntary militia, part of the Finnish Whites movement, that emerged victorious over the socialist Red Guards in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. They were generally known as the "White Guard" in ...

, a Finnish militia for which "Civil Guard" is one of the many English translations * Civil Guard (Zaire), created in 1984 and disestablished in 1997 * National Civil Guard and the

People's Civil Guard The People's Civil Guard (Greek: Λαϊκή Πολιτοφυλακή, ΛΠ) was the security force of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the Greek Civil War (1946–49). It was the police counterpart of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE), ...

, security forces of the Communist Party of Greece between 1944-45 and 1947-49 respectively

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