Republican guard

The French Republican Guard.

A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name Republican) which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous with a presidential guard. The term is derived from the original French Gendarmerie unit. Several other countries also have adopted the term and have active guard units.

Active republican guard units

• Albanian Republican Guard
• Algerian Republican Guard
• Central African Republican Guard — Made up of supporters of President François Bozizé, who helped him rise to power in the 2003 Central African Republic coup d'état. Its current status remains uncertain.
• Congolese Republican Guard — Protects President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Republican Guard (Donetsk People's Republic)
• Egyptian Republican Guard
• Republican Guard (Ethiopia)
• French Republican Guard — The original Republican Guard, serves as an honor guard and defends Paris. Part of the French Gendarmerie.
• Gabonese Republican Guard
• Guinean Republican Guard
• Republican National Guard
• Ivorian Republican Guard
• Kazakh Republican Guard — A separate branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Lebanese Republican Guard — A military force of the Directorate-General of the Presidency of Lebanon.
• Portuguese Republican National Guard
• Togolese Republican Guard
• South Ossetian Republican Guard
• Sudanese Republican Guard
• Syrian Republican Guard
• Yemeni Republican Guard

Defunct republican guards

• Dutch Blue Guards (defunct)
• Iraqi Republican Guard (defunct)
  • Iraqi Special Republican Guard — A military force formed from the Iraqi Republican Guard and charged with Saddam Hussein's protection.
  • Fedayeen Saddam – Paramilitary force loyal to Saddam Hussein.
• Italian National Republican Guard (defunct)
• Peruvian Republican Guard (defunct)
• Moldovan Republican Guard (defunct)
• Transnistrian Republican Guard (defunct)
• Spanish National Republican Guard (defunct)

See also

• Presidential Guard (disambiguation)
• National Guard