Moldovan Border Police

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Border Police of the Republic of Moldova
Poliția de Frontieră
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Coat of Arms of the Moldovan Border Police
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The logo of the Moldovan Border Police
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The flag of the Moldovan Border Police
Agency overview
FormedJune 10, 1992
Preceding agencies
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Moldova
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
  • National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Operational structure
Headquarters Chișinău
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Ruslan Galușca (since 2023), Head of the General Inspectorate of Border Police
Parent agency Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova
Notables
Anniversary
  • 10 June
Website
www.border.gov.md/index.php/ro/

The Moldovan Border Police, also commonly known as the Moldovan Frontier Police, is the official paramilitary border guard of the Republic of Moldova. It is currently a department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) and exercises its powers and policy in the accordance with the ministry. It was originally founded as the Border Guard Troops, and later the Border Guard Service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova.

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It would remain a military branch until a 2012 government reform, putting it under the control of the MAI. The Day of the Border Police is celebrated annually on 10 June.

History

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the newly elected first President of Moldova, Mircea Snegur founded the border police on September 3, 1991. The administration of the border troops was entrusted to the Ministry of National Security of Moldova under the subordination of the entire subunit of the former Soviet Border Troops deployed on Moldovan territory. On January 11, 1992, Colonel Vasile Calmoi was appointed as the first commander of the border troops.

In accordance with a government decree which was signed on June 15, 1992, the Moldovan Border Troops became an official separate branch of the armed forces, with the law "On the State Border of the Republic of Moldova", coming into force by November 1994. Border guards day was first celebrated in Moldova on May 27, 1995, as the professional holiday of the Border Guard Troops of Moldova, before later being celebrated annually on June 10, which marks the day that President Snegur handed the flag of the border troops to promoted Brigader General Calmoi. In December 1999, the Moldovan Border Guard was reorganized into the Department of the Border Guard Troops of the Republic of Moldova and was withdrawn from the Ministry of National Security a month and a half later.

On December 1, 2005, the European Union Border Assistance Mission to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) was launched and on July 13, 2006, the EUBAM Territorial Office in Moldova and Ukraine was opened by the Border Guard Service. On January 10, 2007, the border service established the National Border Police College in Chișinău.

On July 1, 2012, the Prime Minister Vlad Filat signed a law, which would shift the border service from the armed forces to the internal affairs ministry. [1]

Responsibilities

In the field of border management, the border police's main purpose is to fight against illegal migration and cross-border crime. In order to fulfill these tasks, the border police finds and examines the contraventions, undertakes the judicial expertise of the documents, performs special investigative measures. The border police performs these duties within the boundaries of the Moldovan borders with Ukraine, and Romania.

The basic principles of which the border police follows include: legality, impartiality, respect for human rights, transparency, personal responsibility, and professionalism. The MAI exercises control and coordinates the activity of the border police as well as elaborates and promotes the state policy of the service. It has signed many agreements with the Romanian Border Police and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine for joint cooperation in the policing of their borders as well as the Transnistrian-Moldovan border.

Organization

The official structure of the Moldovan Border Police [2]

Organizational structure of the Border Police Department

Subdivisions subordinated to the Border Police Department

List of General Directors

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References

  1. ↑ "Politia de Frontiera - Istoria". www.border.gov.md. Archived from the original on 2014-01-28.
  2. ↑ "Politia de Frontiera - Structura". border.gov.md.
  3. ↑ "Vasile CALMOI – s-a născut la 15 iunie 1946, în satul Chircani, jud".
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