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Garda E Republikës
The Republican Guard ( sq, Garda e Republikës) is a militarized Government of albania, government agency of Albania mandated by law to protect high-ranking state officials, including the President of Albania, as well as certain national properties, high-ranking foreign visitors and diplomatic offices. It is mostly subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Albania), Ministry of Internal Affairs, except that the unit responsible for the president's security being under the authority of the president. The Guard was established on 24 June 1928 as part of the Albanian Armed Forces. Its current commander is General Gramos Sako. History Royal Guard (1928–1939) The Republican Guard was established in the late 1920s when President Ahmet Zogu (later King Zog I) demanded the reorganization of the Albanian Armed Forces and the creation of a special unit, separated from the Militias and Royal Albanian Gendarmerie, Gendarmerie, whose main duty would be to protect the highest state p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Police
The Albanian State Police ( sq, Policia e Shtetit) is the national police and law enforcement agency which operates throughout the Republic of Albania. The collapse of the Communist system and the establishment of political pluralism post-1991 brought important changes to the structure of the Albanian Police. The Ministry of Public Order and the General Directorate of Police were established in April 1991, and the new law of July 1991 established the Public Order Police. Nearly 80% of police manpower, i.e. personnel who had served under the previous system, were replaced by new recruits. On 4 November 1991, the Albanian Police was accepted as a member of Interpol. The emergency number is 129. History The original Albanian Police was founded on 13 January 1913 by the government of Ismail Qemali, Albania's first prime minister. The crisis of 1997 Following the collapse of the Albanian economy in January–February 1997 in the wake of the implosion of the Ponzi pyramid banking sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
