Republican Guard

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:

    I go by the great republican principle, that the people will have the virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom [to the offices of government].
    James Madison (1751–1836)

    We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)