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|'''Established:'''||[[7 May]], [[1990]]<br><small>the idea appeared on [[December 26]] [[1989]]</small>

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|'''Director:'''||Lucian-Silvan Pahonţu

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|'''First-Deputy Director'''||Gabriel I. Creţu

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|formed = 7 May 1990

|'''Deputy Director:'''||Alexandru Burian

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|headquarters = [[Bucharest]]

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|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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'''Protection and Guard Service''' ({{langx|ro|Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază}}, abbreviated '''SPP''') is the [[Romania]]n institution designated to protect and defend dignitaries, as well as their family or close relatives. The institution operates independently, although it collaborates closely with the Romanian [[Ministry of National Defense (Romania)|Ministry of National Defense]] and other secret services. Its motto is ''[[Semper Fidelis]]''.

'''''Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază''''' (Protection and Guard Service, SPP) is an institution of the [[Romania]]n state. It operates in the ___domain of national security and it is specialized in protecting the [[Romania]]n officials, the foreign officials during their stay in [[Romania]], and their families, according to the law. Also SPP guards the buildings in which the officials work and live, as decided by the [[Country Defense Supreme Council (Romania)|Supreme Defense Council]].

==Activity==

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]]

* [[Serviciul Român de Informaţii|SRI]]

* [[Serviciul de Informaţii Externe|SIE]]

== References ==

* [[Serviciul de Telecomunicaţii Speciale|STS]]

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* [[Direcţia Generală de Informaţii a Apărării|DGIA]]

* [[Direcţia Generală de Informaţii şi Protecţie Internă|DGIPI]]

* [[Direcţia Generală de Protecţie şi Anticorupţie|DGPA (SIPA)]]

==External links==

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

* {{en icon}} [http://www.geocities.com/romanianspecialforces/sppfiat.html Unofficial site]

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