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|agency_name = Protection and Security Service

|nativename = Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază

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|formed = [[7 May]], [[1990]]<br><small>the idea appeared on [[December 26]] [[1989]]</small>

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|headquarters = [[Bucharest]]

|employees = [[Classified information|Classified]]

|budget = [[Euro|EUR]] 57,5 million (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessmagazin.ro/actualitate/buget-2020-bugetele-serviciilor-cresc-semnificativ-cu-exceptia-sie-sri-primeste-cel-mai-mult-18669459 |title=Buget 2020: Bugetele Serviciilor cresc semnificativ, cu excepţia SIE. SRI primeşte cel mai mult |work=businessmagazin.ro |language=Romanian}}</ref>

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|chief1_name = Lucian-Silvan Pahonţu

|chief1_position = Director

|chief2_namechief3_name = GabrielDaniel I.Ion CreţuBălașa

|chief2_position = First-Deputy Director

|chief3_name = Alexandru Burian

|chief3_position = Deputy Director

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|website = [httphttps://www.spp.ro www.spp.ro]

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'''Protection and Guard Service''' ({{langx|ro|Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază}}, abbreviated '''SPP''' (Protection and Guard Service, SPP) is an institution of the [[Romania]]n state.institution Itdesignated operatesto in the ___domain of national securityprotect and itdefend is specialized in protecting the [[Romania]]n officialsdignitaries, theas foreignwell officials duringas their stayfamily inor [[Romania]],close andrelatives. theirThe families,institution accordingoperates toindependently, thealthough law.it Alsocollaborates SPPclosely guardswith the buildings in which the officials work and live, as decided by theRomanian [[Supreme CouncilMinistry of National Defense (Romania)|Supreme CouncilMinistry of National Defense]] and other secret services. Its motto is ''[[Semper Fidelis]]''.

==Activity==

Its motto is ''[[Semper Fidelis]]''.

SPP is a vital institution for the national security. It operates under Law 191/1998. The institution and its employees are mainly required to:

* Defend dignitaries and their families, within legal limitations

* Defend diplomats and heads of state during their stay in Romania (including airspace, water and the additional islands)

* Defend the residences of the above-mentioned category

* Defend any premises in which the above-stated category is visiting

The institution must respect all laws, as well as the [[Constitution of Romania|Constitution]]. The institution takes orders and fulfills requests given by the [[Supreme Council of National Defense (Romania)|Supreme Council of National Defense]].

==History==

The institution has been officially operating since May 7, 1990. The concept of such a service came up right after [[Romanian Revolution of 1989|the fall of the communist regime]].

Along the years, the institution has been keeping a low-profile, with little information available about it.

==See also==

* ''[[Secţia Intervenţii Anti-Teroriste]]'', the special unit of the Protection and Guard Service

* [[Securitate#Directorate_V|5th Directorate of the Securitate]], the department of the Securitate charged with the same tasks during the [[Communist Romania|communist regime]]

== References ==

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==External links==

* {{roin iconlang|ro}} [httphttps://www.spp.ro Official site]

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