The Institutional Security Bureau (, GSI;
English: ''Institutional Security Bureau of the Presidency of the Republic'', ISB) is an
executive cabinet
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office of the
federal government of Brazil
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responsible for providing direct assistance at a moment's notice to the
President
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on matters of
national security
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and
defense policy
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. It is currently headed by retired general
Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos.
Responsibilities
* Assist the President directly in the performance of their duties;
* Prevent the occurrence of serious and imminent threats to institutional stability;
* Organize crisis management response to a threat to national and institutional stability;
* Provide personal advice on military and security issues;
* Coordinate federal intelligence activities and
information security
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;
* Ensure the personal security of the President, the Vice-President of the Republic and their families and, where determined by the President of the Republic, the holders of the essential organs of the Presidency and other authorities and personalities, having received law enforcement powers for this purpose;
* Serve as the central government organ which oversees and organizes the Brazilian Nuclear Program Protection System;
* Provide planning and coordination to events which the President is expected to attend both and home and, with the assistance of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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, also abroad;
* Provide assistance to activities pertaining to the Brazilian Aerospace Sector;
* Provide assistance to activities pertaining to terrorism and the actions necessary to prevent and neutralize it, providing subsidies when necessary.
History
Created by Provisional Measure (MP) No. 1911-10 of 24 September 1999 by President
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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.
The existence of a body responsible for institutional security is not new in Brazilian history, having been the responsibility of multiple government agencies prior to the creation of the Institutional Security Bureau:
* 1930 – 1934: General Staff of the Provisional Government
* 1934 – 1938: General Staff of the Government
* 1938 – 1992: Military Office
* 1992 – 1999: Ministry of Defence
* 1999 – 2015 (temporarily deactivated): Institutional Security Bureau
* 2016 (re-activated by President
Michel Temer
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): Institutional Security Bureau
List of ministers
References
External links
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Government ministries of Brazil
Ministries established in 1999
1999 establishments in Brazil