The Government Protection Bureau or Bureau of Government Protection (, ) was

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's equivalent of the

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, providing antiterrorism and VIP security services for the

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. On February 1, 2018, the bureau was disbanded and replaced by the

State Protection Service The State Protection Service ( Polish: ''Służba Ochrony Państwa'' ) is a Polish uniformed service which provides VIP security for the Polish government. It was formed on 1 February 2018 as a successor to the Government Protection Bureau. H ...

(), absorbing its manpower and functions (security of incumbent and former Presidents of Poland, high ranking state officials, institutions and Polish embassies and consulates abroad).

Subjects of protection

President of the Republic of Poland The president of Poland ( ), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (), is the head of state of Poland. His or her prerogatives and duties are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president jointly exercises the executiv ...

Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways ...

Marshal of the Sejm The Marshal of the Sejm (, ) is the speaker (chair) of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament. The office traces its origins to the 15th century. In modern Poland, the full title is Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (). ...

Marshal of the Senate The Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland () is the presiding officer of the Senate of Poland. The marshal is also third person according to the Polish order of precedence, after President of the Republic of Poland and Sejm Marshal, a ...

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* 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 The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland ( Polish: ''Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów - lit. Chancellery of the President of the Council of Ministers''), or KPRM, is the executive office for the Prime Minister of Poland. Created under the ...

File:Bor victoria.jpg, Government Protection Bureau snipers guarding the area of

Piłsudski Square Piłsudski Square (), is the largest city square of Poland's capital, located in the Warsaw city centre. The square is named after Marshal Józef Piłsudski who was instrumental in the restoration of Polish statehood after World War I.

during President's speech. File:Варшава - panoramio (137).jpg, Government Protection Bureau officer guarding

Presidential Palace, Warsaw The Presidential Palace () is the official residence of the Polish List of heads of state of Poland, head of state and president alongside the Belweder Palace, located in Warsaw, Poland. Originally constructed in 1643 as an aristocratic mansion, i ...

File:Biuro Ochrony Rządu-funkcjonariusze.jpg, Government Protection Bureau officers in different uniforms

References

External links

*
Official web page of the Government Protection Bureau
(in Polish)
Web page of the Government Protection Bureau
(in English) National security institutions Government agencies of Poland Government agencies established in 1956 1956 establishments in Poland {{gov-agency-stub