Administration for Security and Counterintelligence

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{{Short description|Counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia}}

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| nativename_a = Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање (УБК)

| nativename_r = Uprava za bezbednost i kontrarazuznavanje (UBK)
Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim (ASK)

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| formed = 1995{{cite web | url=http://www.analyticamk.org/images/stories/files/report/r01_mak.pdf | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082720/http://www.analyticamk.org/images/stories/files/report/r01_mak.pdf | archivedate=2016-03-04 | title=Управување со безбедносно-разузнавачките служби во | publisher=Analytica | location=Macedonia | language=mk }}

| preceding1 = State Security Administration

| preceding2 = UDBA

| dissolved = 2019

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| jurisdiction = World

| headquarters = Skopje, North Macedonia

| employees = Classified

| budget = Classified

| minister2_name = Oliver Spasovski

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The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence ({{langx|mk|Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање|Uprava za bezbednost i kontrarazuznavanje}}, Albanian: Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim), commonly referred to by the acronym UBK, was the domestic counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia.{{cite web | url=http://www.dbki.gov.mk/?q=node/163 | title=Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) | publisher=Administration for Security of Classified Information of the Republic of Macedonia | date=2009 | access-date=5 November 2013}} Its headquarters were located in Skopje, and the agency was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.{{cite web | url=http://www.mvr.gov.mk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=107 | title=Profile on the Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence | publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia | date=2011 | access-date=5 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228131737/http://www.mvr.gov.mk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=107 | archive-date=2013-12-28 | url-status=dead }}

The agency was founded in the People's Republic of Macedonia under the name Department for People's Protection OZNA, as the official security agency in the Macedonian socialist republic.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvr.gov.mk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=173|title=Profile on the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence of the Republic of Macedonia|date=2011|publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105185634/http://www.mvr.gov.mk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=173|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=5 November 2013}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://makfax.com.mk/makedonija/%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d1%83%d0%b1%d0%ba-%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%83%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d0%b2%d0%be-%d0%b8%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%98%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%b4/|title=Димовски: УБК заминува во историјата, денеска е првиот работен ден на Агенцијата за национална безбедност|last=Макфакс|date=2019-09-01|website=МАКФАКС|language=mk-MK|access-date=2019-09-01}}