Administration for Security and Counterintelligence

Counterintelligence and security agency of North Macedonia
  • State Security Administration
  • UDBA
Dissolved2019JurisdictionWorldHeadquartersSkopje, North MacedoniaEmployeesClassifiedAnnual budgetClassifiedMinisters responsible
  • Oliver Spasovski
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

# 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

References

  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

External links

  • Official website
  • dbki.gov.mk Retrieved 15.05.2015 (Macedonian)
  • slobodenpecat.mk 1/27/2015 Retrieved 18.05.2015 (Macedonian)
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