National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are conside ...

around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. National Guard may refer to:

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National Guard (Mauritania) National Guard is the National Guard of Mauritania. It has its headquarters in Nouakchott, located opposite (west) to the College des Garçons College des Garçons is a college in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is located opposite (west) to the Lycé ...

* Tunisian National Guard, a separate military force of Tunisia

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* National Guard (Brazil) (1831–1918), a paramilitary militia created to support the Brazilian Army *

National Guard (El Salvador) The National Guard ( es, Guardia Nacional) was the national gendarmerie of El Salvador. The National Guard of El Salvador was founded in 1912 by President Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo as a branch of the Salvadoran Army for policing rural areas. The ...

(1912–1992), the Salvadoran gendarmerie * National Guard (Mexico), a gendarmerie created in 2019. * National Guard (Nicaragua) (1925–1979), a militia and gendarmerie created during the occupation by the United States *

National Guard (United States) The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions.D.C. and administered by the

National Guard Bureau The National Guard Bureau is the federal instrument responsible for the administration of the National Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was cr ...

; **

Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States A ...

, a reserve force of the United States Army which functions as the ground component of the state-level militia while not in federal service ** Air National Guard, a reserve force of the United States Air Force which functions as the air component of the state-level militia while not in federal service * Venezuelan National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Venezuela), the

gendarmerie Wrong info! --> A gendarmerie () is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term ''gendarme'' () is derived from the medieval French expression ', which translates to " men-at-arms" (literally, ...

component of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela

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* Azerbaijani National Guard, an armed force of the Government of Azerbaijan, and operates as a semi-independent entity * National Guard (Bahrain), a separate military force in Bahrain that serves both as defence force and as a security force * Territorial Army (India), is a second line of defence after the Regular Indian Army. * National Guard (Iraq), part of the new Military of Iraq absorbed by the Iraqi Army *

National Guard of Kazakhstan ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany''russian: Национальная гвардия Казахстана , image = Flag of Kazakhstan National Guard.svg , image_size = 300px , caption ...

* National Guard (Kyrgyzstan), one of the regiments of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan * Kuwait National Guard, an internal and border security force, part of Kuwait Military Forces * National Guard of Pakistan, a paramilitary force mainly charged with air defense * Saudi Arabian National Guard, one of the three major branches of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia * Sri Lanka National Guard, the largest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army * Presidential National Guard, a special operations branch of the Tajik Armed Forces * Turkmen National Guard * Uzbekistan National Guard

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* National Guards Unit of Bulgaria, successor of the Personal Cavalry Convoy of Knyaz Alexander I, re-established in 2001 * Cypriot National Guard, combined arms military force of the Republic of Cyprus *

Estonian Defence League The Estonian Defence League ( et, Eesti Kaitseliit) is the name of the unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia. The Defence League is a paramilitary defence organization whose aim is to guarantee the preservation of the indep ...

, unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia *

White Guard (Finland) The White Guard or Civil Guard (, ; ; ) was a voluntary militia, part of the Finnish Whites movement, that emerged victorious over the socialist Red Guards in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. They were generally known as the "White Guard" in ...

(1918–1944), voluntary militia of the " Whites", who opposed the " Reds" in the Finnish Civil War of 1918 *

National Guard (France) The National Guard (french: link=no, Garde nationale) is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution. For most of its history th ...

, militias formed in each city from the time of the French Revolution to the Paris Commune, re-established after several terrorist attacks in 2016 *

National Guard of Georgia The National Guard of Georgia (NG, ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული გვარდია, ''sak'art'velos erovnuli gvardia'') is a branch of the Defense Forces of Georgia. It is tasked with responding to external t ...

, a military structure within the Georgian Armed Forces * National Guard (Greece), a military structure within the Hellenic Army *

National Guard (Ireland) The Army Comrades Association (ACA), later the National Guard, then Young Ireland and finally League of Youth, but best known by the nickname the Blueshirts ( ga, Na Léinte Gorma), was a paramilitary organisation in the Irish Free State, founded ...

, better known as the Blueshirts, a 1930s political movement in Ireland *

National Republican Guard (Italy) The Italian National Republican Guard (''Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana'', or GNR) was a gendarmerie force of the Italian Social Republic created by decree on December 8, 1943, replacing the Carabinieri and the National Security Volunteer Mili ...

, (1943-1945), a paramilitary force of the Italian Social Republic *

Latvian National Guard The Latvian National Guard or NG ( lv, Latvijas Republikas Zemessardze, ZS) is a part of the Latvian National Armed Forces. The National Guard is a basic land component, consisting of volunteers who perform traditional national guard duties such ...

, a volunteer paramilitary armed force, part of National Armed Forces of Latvia *

National Republican Guard (Portugal) The National Republican Guard ( pt, Guarda Nacional Republicana) or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal. Members of the GNR are military personnel, subject to military law and organisation, unlike the agents of the civilian Publi ...

, the gendarmerie of Portugal *

National Guard of Russia The National Guard of the Russian Federation (russian: Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации , translit = Federal'naya sluzhba voysk natsional'noy gvard ...

, gendarmerie force of Russia, formed in 2016 *

National Militia (Spain) The National Militia ( es, milicia nacional) in Spain was a citizen-organized quasi-military force comparable to the National Guard that arose in France during the French Revolution. Spain's National Militia has its origin in the civic military de ...

, 19th century quasi-military force *

National Guard of Ukraine The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and internal military force. It is part of the Ministry of Internal ...

, formed 1991–2000 and 2014–current

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