Administration for Security and Counterintelligence

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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
Jurisdiction World
Headquarters Skopje, North Macedonia
Employees Classified
Annual budget Classified
Ministers responsible
Website www.mvr.gov.mk

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 were located in Skopje, and the agency was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. [3]

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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

#PortraitNameMandate commenced onMandate finished onPolitical Party
Before 1991 see: UDBA
State Security Administration
(Macedonian: Служба за Државна Безбедност)
1Slobodan Bogoevski [6] 19911995 SDSM [7]
Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence
(Macedonian: Дирекција за Безбедност и Контраразузнавање)
2Dobri Veličkovski [8] [9] 19951998 SDSM [7]
3 Zoran Veruševski [10] [11] 19981998none
4Bojan Bojanovski [12] 19982001 Democratic Alternative [7]
5Goran Mitevski [13] 20012002 VMRO-DPMNE [7]
6Nikola Spasovski [14] [15] 20022003 VMRO-DPMNE [7]
7 Siljan Avramovski 20032004 SDSM [7]
Administration for Security and Counterintelligence
(Macedonian: Управа за Безбедност и Контраразузнавање)
8Mile Zečević20042006 SDSM [7]
9 Sašo Mijalkov 20062015 VMRO-DPMNE [7]
10Ljupčo Andonovski20152016 VMRO-DPMNE
11Vladimir Atanasovski20162017 VMRO-DPMNE
12Goran Nikolovski20172019none [16]

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