Government Protection Bureau
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|Biuro Ochrony Rządu|date=April 2016| fa = yes
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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
|agencyname = Government Protection Bureau
|nativename = Biuro Ochrony Rządu
|logo = Biuro.Ochrony.Rzadu.Polska.svg
|formedyear = 1956
| dissolved = 2018
| superseding = State Protection Service
|country = Poland
|constitution1 = The Government Protection Bureau Act
|speciality1 = protection
|chief1name = Col. Andrzej Pawlikowski
|chief1position =
|parentagency = Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration
|website = {{in lang|pl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20101204113842/http://www.bor.gov.pl/index2.php?fk=1 Official website]
}}
The Government Protection Bureau or Bureau of Government Protection ({{langx|pl|Biuro Ochrony Rządu, BOR}}, {{IPA|pl|ˈbjurɔ ɔˈxrɔnɨ ˈʐɔndu}}) was Poland's equivalent of the United States Secret Service, providing antiterrorism and VIP security services for the Polish government. On February 1, 2018, the bureau was disbanded and replaced by the State Protection Service ({{langx|pl|Służba Ochrony Państwa, SOP}}), absorbing its manpower and functions (security of incumbent and former Presidents of Poland, high ranking state officials, institutions and Polish embassies and consulates abroad).{{cite web |url=https://www.sop.gov.pl/ |title=Home |website=sop.gov.pl}}
Subjects of protection
- President of the Republic of Poland
- Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
- Marshal of the Sejm
- Marshal of the Senate
- Deputy Prime Ministers
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Minister of Interior and Administration
- Former Presidents (for life while on Polish soil)
- Former Prime Ministers (for a six-month period after leaving office)
- Other individuals by decree of the Minister of Interior
- Foreign heads of state, governments, representatives and diplomats while on Polish soil
Gallery
File:08-15-2018 Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland.jpg|Government Protection Bureau officer guarding the area of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
File:Bor victoria.jpg|Government Protection Bureau snipers guarding the area of Piłsudski Square during President's speech.
File:Варшава - panoramio (137).jpg|Government Protection Bureau officer guarding Presidential Palace, Warsaw
File:Biuro Ochrony Rządu-funkcjonariusze.jpg|Government Protection Bureau officers in different uniforms
References
External links
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- [http://www.bor.pl Official web page of the Government Protection Bureau] (in Polish)
- [http://bor.gov.pl/index.php?fk=11 Web page of the Government Protection Bureau] (in English)
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Category:National security institutions
Category:Government agencies of Poland
Category:Government agencies established in 1956
Category:1956 establishments in Poland
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