Administration for Security and Counterintelligence

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. Its headquarters are located in Skopje, and the agency is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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
Preceding agencies
Dissolved2019
JurisdictionWorld
HeadquartersSkopje, North Macedonia
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Ministers responsible
  • Oliver Spasovski
Websitewww.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. Officially, the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence, was founded in 1995 under the name Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence.

This agency was succeeded by the National Security Agency

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