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