Republican Guard

Republican Guard is the organization of a republic which serves to protect the President and the government. Usually synonymous with Presidential Guard.

• Albanian Republican Guard
• Algerian Republican Guard
• French Republican Guard called the Garde républicaine (GR)
• Iraqi Republican Guard, the core of the Iraqi military during Saddam Hussein's rule
  • Iraqi Special Republican Guard, a military force formed from the Iraqi Republican Guard and charged with Saddam Hussein's protection
• Italian Republican National Guard called the Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (GNR)
• Egyptian Republican Guard, under the control of the Ministry of Defense and numbers about 60,000 personnel and they are mainly for ceremonials and parades. The Republican Guard armored division is not a part of the Corps, it is rather for the defence of the Presidential institution and the Capital.
• Syrian Republican Guard, an armored division that protects the capital and top Syrian government officials
• Kazakhstan Republican Guard, a separate branch of the military than the army
• Lebanese Republican Guard, a military force attached to the Directorate-General of the Presidency of Lebanon
• Peruvian Republican Guard, a Peruvian security force responsibility for border control, custody of the prisons, and guarding significant government buildings.
• Portuguese Republican National Guard called the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR)
• Republican Guard (Democratic Republic of the Congo) under President Joseph Kabila
• Guinean Republican Guard
• South Ossetian Republican Guard
• Yemeni Republican Guard

See also

See also: Presidential Guard