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Government Protection Bureau

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Formed
  
1956

Government Protection Bureau

Legal personality
  
Governmental: Government agency

Constituting instrument
  
The Government Protection Bureau Act

General nature
  
Law enforcementCivilian agency

Specialist jurisdiction
  
Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state asseets.

Agency executive
  
Col. Andrzej Pawlikowski

The Government Protection Bureau or Bureau of Government Protection (Polish: Biuro Ochrony Rządu, BOR , [ˈbjurɔ ɔˈxrɔnɨ ˈʐɔndu]) is Poland's equivalent of the United States Secret Service, providing antiterrorism and VIP security services for the Polish government.

Subjects of protection

  • President of the Republic of Poland
  • Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
  • Marshal of the Sejm
  • Marshal of the Senate
  • Deputy Prime Ministers
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 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

    • References

    Government Protection Bureau Wikipedia
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