Administration for Security and Counterintelligence
Counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia
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The Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (Macedonian: Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање, romanized: Uprava za bezbednost i kontrarazuznavanje, Albanian: Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim), commonly referred to by the acronym UBK, was the national police domestic intelligence and security of Republic of North Macedonia.[2] Its headquarters were located in Skopje, and the agency was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]
| Управа за безбедност и контраразузнавање (УБК) Uprava za bezbednost i kontrarazuznavanje (UBK) Administrata për siguri dhe kundërzbulim (ASK) | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1995[1] |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Dissolved | 2019 |
| Jurisdiction | World |
| Headquarters | Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Ministers responsible | |
| Website | www.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
| # | 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
- North Macedonia
- Intelligence Agency (Civilian Agency)
- Military Service for Security and Intelligence-G2 (Military Agency)
