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Administration for Security and Counterintelligence

The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (Macedonian: Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање, Albanian: Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim), commonly referred to by the acronym UBK, was the domestic counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia.[2] Its headquarters are located in Skopje, and the agency is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]

Administration for Security and Counterintelligence
Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање (УБК)
Uprava za bezbednost i kontrarazuznavanje (UBK)
Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim (ASK)
Agency overview
Formed1995[1]
Preceding agencies
Dissolved2019
JurisdictionWorld
HeadquartersSkopje, North Macedonia
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Ministers responsible
Websitewww.mvr.gov.mk

The agency was founded in the People's Republic of Macedonia under the name Department for People's Protection OZNA, as the official security agency in the Macedonian socialist republic.[4] Officially, the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, was founded in 1995 under the name Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence.[4]

This agency was succeeded by the National Security Agency[5]

Directors edit

# Portrait Name Mandate commenced on Mandate finished on Political Party
Before 1991 see: UDBA
State Security Administration
(Macedonian: Служба за Државна Безбедност)
1 Slobodan Bogoevski[6] 1991 1995 SDSM[7]
Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence
(Macedonian: Дирекција за Безбедност и Контраразузнавање)
2 Dobri Veličkovski[8][9] 1995 1998 SDSM[7]
3 Zoran Veruševski[10][11] 1998 1998 none
4 Bojan Bojanovski[12] 1998 2001 Democratic Alternative[7]
5 Goran Mitevski[13] 2001 2002 VMRO-DPMNE[7]
6 Nikola Spasovski[14][15] 2002 2003 VMRO-DPMNE[7]
7 Siljan Avramovski 2003 2004 SDSM[7]
Administration for Security and Counterintelligence
(Macedonian: Управа за Безбедност и Контраразузнавање)
8 Mile Zečević 2004 2006 SDSM[7]
9 Sašo Mijalkov 2006 2015 VMRO-DPMNE[7]
10 Ljupčo Andonovski 2015 2016 VMRO-DPMNE
11 Vladimir Atanasovski 2016 2017 VMRO-DPMNE
12 Goran Nikolovski 2017 2019 none [16]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (Macedonian)
  2. ^ "Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK)". Administration for Security of Classified Information of the Republic of Macedonia. 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Profile on the Director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence". Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia. 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Profile on the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence of the Republic of Macedonia". Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  5. ^ Макфакс (2019-09-01). "Димовски: УБК заминува во историјата, денеска е првиот работен ден на Агенцијата за национална безбедност". МАКФАКС (in Macedonian). Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. ^ faktor.mk Retrieved 18.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h novamakedonija.com.mk 11.6.2009 Archived 2015-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  8. ^ vest.com.mk 4/15/2002 Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  9. ^ utrinski.com.mk 16 октомври 2006 Retrieved 18.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  10. ^ vest.com.mk 5/17/2001 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  11. ^ vest.com.mk 11/11/2002 Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  12. ^ vest.com.mk 2/3/2001 Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 18.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  13. ^ makedonskosonce.com Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  14. ^ dnevnik.com.mk 18 март 2006 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  15. ^ utrinski.com.mk Retrieved 16.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  16. ^ Горан Николовски и Лазо Велковскисе новите директори на УБК и БЈБ 16.06.2017 Archived 2018-02-05 at the Wayback Machine Macedonian, Retrieved 17.06.2017

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