Administration of State Guard of Ukraine ( uk, Управління державної охорони України, translit=Upravlinnia derzhavnoi okhorony Ukrainy) is a law enforcement agency in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

that is subordinated to the

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

and under control of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(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 Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...

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 ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. From September 1991 to January 1992 the service was called the 9th Guard Administration of the

National Security Service of Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian ...

. 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 ( uk, Гетьманщина, Hetmanshchyna; or ''Cossack state''), officially the Zaporizhian Host or Army of Zaporizhia ( uk, Військо Запорозьке, Viisko Zaporozke, links=no; la, Exercitus Zaporoviensis) ...

and the

Ukrainian State The Ukrainian State ( uk, Українська Держава, translit=Ukrainska Derzhava), sometimes also called the Second Hetmanate ( uk, Другий Гетьманат, translit=Druhyi Hetmanat, link=no), was an anti-Bolshevik government ...

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