Profile type
Unpublished
Organisation status
Active
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Other names and spellings
Federal Protective Service; Federal Protection Service
Leader or owner
Deputy leaders
Affiliated individuals
Areas of operation
Subordinate to
Brief description
Renz (107-108): Responsible for protecting the president and other high-ranking officials, buildings, infrastructure. Acquired much of the personnel and assets of the Federal Agency for Government Communication and Information when the latter was dissolved in 2003. The FSO is estimated to comprise approximately 30,000 people.
Answers directly to the president (Bennett (2000)).
Prior to 1996, known as the Main Protection Directorate.
