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Polish government security service

Law enforcement agency

State Protection Service_Służba Ochrony Państwa_
Abbreviation	SOP
Agency overview
Formed	2018
Preceding agency	Government Protection Bureau
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Poland and abroad on official state visits of VIPs
Website
https://www.sop.gov.pl/pl/

The State Protection Service (Polish: Służba Ochrony Państwa [ˈswuʐ.ba ɔˈxrɔ.nɘ ˈpaɲ.stfa]) is a Polish uniformed service which provides VIP security for the Polish government.[1] It was formed on 1 February 2018 as a successor to the Government Protection Bureau.[2]

On 8 December 2017, the Parliament passed the Law on the State Protection Service, the Senate approved it without amendments on 21 December, and on 11 January 2018, the President signed it.[3]

Subjects of protection

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• President of the Republic of Poland and his family
• Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland and his family
• First Lady of Poland
• Marshal of the Sejm
• Marshal of the Senate
• Deputy Prime Ministers
• Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Minister of Interior and Administration
• Minister of National Defence
• Former Presidents
• Former Prime Ministers
• Other individuals by decree of the Minister of Interior
• Foreign heads of state, governments, representatives, and diplomats while on Polish soil
• 
  Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki surrounded in the back by SOP officers
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  SOP motorcade
• 
  President Andrzej Duda surrounded by SOP officers.
• Media related to State Protection Service (Poland) at Wikimedia Commons

1. ^ Państwa, Służba Ochrony. "Przeznaczenie i zadania". Służba Ochrony Państwa (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
2. ^ "Służba Ochrony Państwa w miejsce BOR. Prezydent podpisał ustawę". www.tvp.info (in Polish). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
3. ^ "Służba Ochrony Państwa w miejsce BOR. Prezydent podpisał ustawę". 11 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.