Administration of State Guard of Ukraine () is a law enforcement agency in

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

that is subordinated to the

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...

and under control of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

(Ukraine's national parliament).

Objectives

* providing a state guard to bodies of state power of Ukraine * ensuring security of officials identified by Law at place of their location as in Ukraine as in abroad * ensuring security of officials' family members identified by Law who live with them or escort them * prevent illegal encroachment on officials and their family members as well as objects under the state security, their detection and suppression * guarding objects identified by Law * ensuring a secure operation of vehicles intended for specified by Law officials

History

The agency was created on January 15, 1992, as administration in guarding the higher officials and was renamed in the summer of the same year. Its direct history as a direct successor of the

Soviet state The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the executive and administrative organ of the highest body of state authority, the All-Union Supreme Soviet. It was formed on 30 December 1922 and abolished on 26 December 199 ...

structure it traces back to 1975, when the 9th KGB service was created out of the Ministry of State Security of

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

. From September 1991 to January 1992 the service was called the 9th Guard Administration of the National Security Service of Ukraine. Providing security for higher officials, however, has a much longer history in Ukraine. Such services are known to have existed in the

Cossack Hetmanate The Cossack Hetmanate (; Cossack Hetmanate#Name, see other names), officially the Zaporozhian Host (; ), was a Ukrainian Cossacks, Cossack state. Its territory was located mostly in central Ukraine, as well as in parts of Belarus and southwest ...

and the

Ukrainian State The Ukrainian State (), sometimes also called the Second Cossack Hetmanate, Hetmanate (), was an Anti-communism, anti-Bolshevik government that existed on most of the modern territory of Ukraine (except for Western Ukraine) from 29 April to 14 ...

Long Service Medal

File:Медаль «Ветеран служби» (УДОУ).png, 25 years in service File:UKR-ASGU – 20 Years Of Honest Service Medal-2013.PNG, 20 years in service File:UKR-ASGU – 15 Years Of Honest Service Medal-2013.PNG, 15 years in service File:UKR-ASGU – 10 Years Of Honest Service Medal-2013.PNG, 10 years in service

References

External links

English version of the official website

Official website
{{Presidency of Ukraine Law enforcement agencies of Ukraine Presidency of Ukraine Protective security units