Republican Guard is the organization of a republic which serves to protect the president and the government. Usually it is synonymous with Presidential Guard. A number of Arab countries have forces called "Republican Guard", using them as praetorian or elite military forces, in order to strengthen leaders' rule.
Republican Guard may refer to:
- 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
- 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
Famous quotes containing the words republican and/or guard:
“A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists ... and all enemies of my Government and the Republic.”
—Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)
“What is the structure of government that will best guard against the precipitate counsels and factious combinations for unjust purposes, without a sacrifice of the fundamental principle of republicanism?”
—James Madison (1751–1836)