National Security Office (Croatia)
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The National Security Office (UNS) was Croatia
n executive state authority which coordinated, directed, and supervised the work of government services whose activities are connected to
national security
. The National Security Office was established by the decision of the President Franjo Tuđman on 21 March 1993. Two years later, on 17 May 1995. the Croatian Parliament adopted the National Security Office Act. In only 17 short articles, the tasks of UNS were outlined as were the details of its internal structure. According to that Act, three services were founded and fall under its jurisdiction:
In order to perform the professional and technical activities of the National Security Office, the following services (or its organizational units) were formed:
This two services were not regulated by any legislative acts, rather only by the acts on internal organization.
The Director of the UNS, appointed by the President, was responsible to the President of the Republic for the work of the UNS and the individual services of the National Security Office.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n executive state authority which coordinated, directed, and supervised the work of government services whose activities are connected to
national security
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
. The National Security Office was established by the decision of the President Franjo Tuđman on 21 March 1993. Two years later, on 17 May 1995. the Croatian Parliament adopted the National Security Office Act. In only 17 short articles, the tasks of UNS were outlined as were the details of its internal structure. According to that Act, three services were founded and fall under its jurisdiction:
- Croatian Intelligence ServiceCroatian Intelligence ServiceHrvatska izvještajna služba is Croatia's main foreign intelligence and analysis agency; it is the only agency authorized to conduct operations abroad, and is permitted to co-operate with the agencies of friendly nations. The HIS also conducts daily intelligence briefings for the President of...
(Hrvatska izvještajna služba or HIS), - Security Headquarters (Stožer osiguranja),
- Control and Supervision Service (Nadzorna služba).
In order to perform the professional and technical activities of the National Security Office, the following services (or its organizational units) were formed:
- National Center for Electronic Monitoring (Nacionalna služba elektroničkog izviđanja or NSEI)
- Intelligence Academy (Obavještajna akademija).
This two services were not regulated by any legislative acts, rather only by the acts on internal organization.
The Director of the UNS, appointed by the President, was responsible to the President of the Republic for the work of the UNS and the individual services of the National Security Office.
Directors
- Hrvoje ŠarinićHrvoje ŠarinicHrvoje Šarinić is a Croatian politician.Šarinić was born in Sušak, Rijeka and graduated from the University of Zagreb then-Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Geodesy....
- Krunoslav Olujić
- Miroslav TuđmanMiroslav TuđmanMiroslav Tuđman is a Croatian scientist and politician, the son of first president Franjo Tuđman.Tuđman was born in Belgrade where he completed grade school, before he moved with his family to Zagreb in 1961.He was born on his parents 1st anniversary...
– acting - Luka BebićLuka BebicLuka Bebić was the speaker of the Croatian Parliament from January 11, 2008 to October 28, 2011. He is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union and has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since the nation's independence in 1991, being elected into office six consecutive times.He...
- Ivan Jarnjak
- Tomislav KaramarkoTomislav KaramarkoTomislav Karamarko is a Croatian politician, and the current Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Croatia....