National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original

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 ...

was formed during the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in coup of 18 Brumaire, November 1799. Many of its ...

around a cadre of defectors from the

French Guards The French Guards (french: Régiment des Gardes françaises) were an elite infantry regiment of the French Royal Army. They formed a constituent part of the Maison militaire du roi de France ("Military Household of the King of France") under the ...

. National Guard may refer to:

Africa

* National Guard (Mauritania) *

Tunisian National Guard The Tunisian National Guard (french: Garde Nationale, aeb, الحرس الوطني, el-Ḥaras el-Waṭanī) is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Tunisia and separated from the Tunisian Armed Forces. History During French prote ...

, a separate military force of Tunisia

Americas

* National Guard (Brazil) (1831–1918), a paramilitary militia created to support the Brazilian Army *

National Guard (El Salvador) The National Guard ( es, Guardia Nacional) was the national gendarmerie of El Salvador. The National Guard of El Salvador was founded in 1912 by President Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo as a branch of the Salvadoran Army for policing rural areas. Th ...

(1912–1992), the Salvadoran gendarmerie *

National Guard (Mexico) The National Guard ( es, link=no, Guardia Nacional) is the Mexican national gendarmerie force, created in 2019 with national police functions. The National Guard was formed by absorbing units and officers from the Federal Police, Military Poli ...

, a gendarmerie created in 2019. *

National Guard (Nicaragua) The National Guard ( es, link=no, Guardia Nacional, otherwise known as ) was a militia and a gendarmerie created in 1925 during the occupation of Nicaragua by the United States. It became notorious for human rights abuses and corruption under t ...

(1925–1979), a militia and gendarmerie created during the occupation by the United States *

National Guard (United States) The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions.D.C. and administered by the National Guard Bureau; ** Army National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Army which functions as the ground component of the state-level militia while not in federal service ** Air National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Air Force which functions as the air component of the state-level militia while not in federal service *

Venezuelan National Guard The Bolivarian National Guard of Venezuela ( es, Guardia Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela - GNB), is one of the four components of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela. The national guard can serve as gendarmerie, perform civil defense roles, ...

(Guardia Nacional de Venezuela), the gendarmerie component of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela

Asia

Azerbaijani National Guard The Azerbaijani National Guard ( az, Azərbaycan Milli Qvardiyası) is an armed force of the Government of Azerbaijan, and operates as a semi-independent entity as well as the a reserve component of the Azerbaijan Army. The Special State P ...

, an armed force of the Government of Azerbaijan, and operates as a semi-independent entity *

National Guard (Bahrain) The National Guard of Bahrain ( ar, الحرس الوطني) is separate military force from the Bahrain Defence Force. The National Guard is charged with internal security and assisting the Bahrain Defence Force in defending against external thr ...

, a separate military force in Bahrain that serves both as defence force and as a security force *

National Guard (Iraq) The Iraqi National Guard (NG; ar, الحرس الوطني, al-Ḥaras al-Waṭanī) was an armed force originally established by the United States Coalition Provisional Authority. Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, CPA Administrator Paul Bremer ...

, part of the new Military of Iraq absorbed by the Iraqi Army *

National Guard of Kazakhstan ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany''russian: Национальная гвардия Казахстана , image = Flag of Kazakhstan National Guard.svg , image_size = 300px , caption ...

National Guard (Kyrgyzstan) The National Guard of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Кыpгыз Pecпyбликacынын Улуттук гвардия; Russian: Национальная гвардия Кирги́зская Респу́блика) is the National Guard of the Armed For ...

, one of the regiments of the

Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan The Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic (; Kyrǵyz Respublikasynyn Kuralduu Küctörü) is the national military of Kyrgyzstan. It was originally formed from the former Soviet forces of the Turkestan Military District stationed in newly independe ...

Kuwait National Guard The Kuwait National Guard or National Guard (KNG) ( ar, الحرس الوطني الكويتي) is an independent combat institution tasked mainly with the defense of the country and its territories.

, an internal and border security force, part of Kuwait Military Forces *

National Guard (Pakistan) The National Guard ( ur, ) is a military reserve force and a component of the Pakistan Army, designed to act as a "second line of defence", together with the Pakistan Army Reserve and the Civil Armed Forces. History The National Guard wa ...

, a paramilitary force mainly charged with border patrols and air defences * Saudi Arabian National Guard, one of the three major branches of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia *

Sri Lanka National Guard The Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) is the largest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army. It is a volunteer regiment currently made up of 20 battalions coming under the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force. History The number of battalions was gradually ...

, the largest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army *

Presidential National Guard The National Guard (russian: Национальная гвардия Таджикистана; tg, Гвардияи миллии Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон), formerly called the Brigade of Special Mission and Presidential Guard, also ...

, a special operations branch of the

Tajik Armed Forces tg, Қувваҳои Мусаллаҳи Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, italics=off , image=File:Tajik Armed Forces Shoulder Patch.jpg , image_size= , image2 = , alt2 = Roundel , caption=The shoulder patch o ...

Turkmen National Guard The National Guard of Turkmenistan ( Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Milli Garawul) is an elite branch of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan stationed in Ashgabat. It is one of three types of paramilitary forces in the country, with the other two being the ...

Uzbekistan National Guard The National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O'zbekiston Respublikasining milliy gvardiyasi) is a uniformed independent formation within the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The headquarters of the National Guard is base ...

Europe

National Guards Unit of Bulgaria The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria ( bg, Национална гвардейска част на България, translit=Natsionalna gvardeyska chast na Bulgaria) is a unique Bulgarian military formation of regimental size, directly subordin ...

, successor of the Personal Cavalry Convoy of Knyaz Alexander I, re-established in 2001 *

Cypriot National Guard , name2 = National Guard General Staff , image = Emblem of the Cypriot National Guard.svg , image_size = 100px , caption = Emblem of the National Guard of Cyprus , image2 = Flag of the ...

, combined arms military force of the Republic of Cyprus *

Estonian Defence League The Estonian Defence League ( et, Eesti Kaitseliit) is the name of the unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia. The Defence League is a paramilitary defence organization whose aim is to guarantee the preservation of the indep ...

, unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia *

White Guard (Finland) 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 ...

(1918–1944), voluntary militia of the "

Whites White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European origin, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view. Description of populations as ...

", who opposed the "

Reds Reds may refer to: General * Red (political adjective), supporters of Communism or socialism * Reds (January Uprising), a faction of the Polish insurrectionists during the January Uprising in 1863 * USSR (or, to a lesser extent, China) during th ...

" in the Finnish Civil War of 1918 *

National Guard (France) The National Guard (french: link=no, Garde nationale) is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution. For most of its history th ...

, militias formed in each city from the time of the French Revolution to the Paris Commune, re-established after several terrorist attacks in 2016 * National Guard of Georgia, a military structure within the Georgian Armed Forces * National Guard (Greece), a military structure within the

Hellenic Army The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is th ...

* National Guard (Ireland), better known as the Blueshirts, a 1930s political movement in Ireland *

National Republican Guard (Italy) The Italian National Republican Guard (''Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana'', or GNR) was a gendarmerie force of the Italian Social Republic created by decree on December 8, 1943, replacing the Carabinieri and the National Security Volunteer Mili ...

, (1943-1945), a paramilitary force of the Italian Social Republic * Latvian National Guard, a volunteer paramilitary armed force, part of National Armed Forces of Latvia *

National Republican Guard (Portugal) The National Republican Guard ( pt, Guarda Nacional Republicana) or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal. Members of the GNR are military personnel, subject to military law and organisation, unlike the agents of the civilian Publi ...

, the gendarmerie of Portugal *

National Guard of Russia The National Guard of the Russian Federation (russian: Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации , translit = Federal'naya sluzhba voysk natsional'noy gvard ...

, gendarmerie force of Russia, formed in 2016 * National Militia (Spain), 19th century quasi-military force *

National Guard of Ukraine The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Minist ...

, formed 1991–2000 and 2014–current

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