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 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]

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]19911995SDSM[7]
Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence
(Macedonian: Дирекција за Безбедност и Контраразузнавање)
2Dobri Veličkovski[8][9]19951998SDSM[7]
3Zoran Veruševski[10][11]19981998none
4Bojan Bojanovski[12]19982001Democratic Alternative[7]
5Goran Mitevski[13]20012002VMRO-DPMNE[7]
6Nikola Spasovski[14][15]20022003VMRO-DPMNE[7]
7Siljan Avramovski20032004SDSM[7]
Administration for Security and Counterintelligence
(Macedonian: Управа за Безбедност и Контраразузнавање)
8Mile Zečević20042006SDSM[7]
9Sašo Mijalkov20062015VMRO-DPMNE[7]
10Ljupčo Andonovski20152016VMRO-DPMNE
11Vladimir Atanasovski20162017VMRO-DPMNE
12Goran Nikolovski20172019none [16]

See also

References

  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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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