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:

    “[The Republican Party] consists of those who, believing in the doctrine that mankind are capable of governing themselves and hating hereditary power as an insult to the reason and an outrage to the rights of men, are naturally offended at every public measure that does not appeal to the understanding and to the general interest of the community.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.”
    —Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)