State Border Guard
| State Border Guard | |
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| Common name | Valsts robežsardze |
| Abbreviation | SBG |
Emblem of the State Border Guard
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1991 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Headquarters | Rudolfa street 5, Riga |
| Agency executive | Normunds Garbars, general |
| Territorial boards |
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| www.rs.gov.lv | |
The State Border Guard (Latvian: Valsts Robežsardze) is the border guard of Latvia.
The State Border Guard is an institution subordinated to the Minister of the Interior. The State Border Guard is an armed institution and it serves to ensure the security of the state border and to prevent illegal migration.
Every day more than 2000 border guards and employees of the State Border Guard fulfil their duties of service. Currently the State Border Guard comprises the Central Board, territorial boards, including the Aviation Board. The State Border Guard College is an institution of higher education under the authority of the State Border Guard.
The State Border Guard ensures surveillance of 276 km long border between the Republic of Latvia and Russian Federation, 172,9 km long border between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Belarus, and 498 km long sea border (external EU border), as well as monitoring of 343 km long border between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia and 588 km long border between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Lithuania (internal EU border).
On November 18, 1918 the People’s Council proclaiming independence of the Republic of Latvia as well declared temporary newly established state border. For the purposes of its protection on 7 November, 1919 Jānis Balodis, Latvian Army Commander-in-Chief, issued an order to form border guard units. The activities of border guards were based on the internal border guarding provisional regulations of the People’s Council, issued on 5 December, 1918.
On 8 November, 1920 the Border Guard was renamed to the Border Guard Division and it was charged with border guarding.
On 2 February, 1922 the Cabinet decided to disembody the Border Guard Division and to assign border guarding functions to the Ministry of the Interior. On 10 March of the same year the newly established Border Police took over the border guarding functions from the Border Guard Division.
In 1935 the Cabinet adopted a Law on State Border Guarding. Within the Ministry of the Interior
on 6 April, 1935 a separate military unit was created – the Border Guard Brigade, Ludvigs Bolšteins was appointed its Commander.
On 3 October, 1940 A.Noviks, People’s Commissar of Latvian SSR, signed an order on disbandment of the Border Guard Battalions and discharge of border guards from their positions. On 10 October, 1940 the Border Guard Brigade of the Republic of Latvia was liquidated.
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