The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (,
Albanian: ''Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim''), 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
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. Its
headquarters
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were located in
Skopje
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, and the agency was under the jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The agency was founded in the
People's Republic of Macedonia
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under the name Department for People's Protection
OZNA
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Founding
The OZNA w ...
, 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
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North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
*
Intelligence Agency
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(Civilian Agency)
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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 ...
-G2 (Military Agency)
References
External links
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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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