Intelligence Agency of Republic of Macedonia

Intelligence Agency
Агенција за разузнавање (АР)
Agencija za razuznavanje (AR)
Agency overview
Formed April 1, 1995 (1995-04-01)
Preceding agency
Headquarters Skopje, Macedonia
Motto none
Employees 229
Annual budget $3 716 000
Agency executive
  • Zoran Ivanov, Director
Website http://ia.gov.mk

The Intelligence Agency of Republic of Macedonia was set up as a separate body of state administration under the Law on the Intelligence Agency adopted in April 1995. [1]

Competence

The Intelligence Agency (АR) as a special body of state administration and in compliance with the Law of AR is an intelligence service authorized for collection, analysis and processing of the intelligence information relevant for security, defense, political, economic and other interests of the Republic of Macedonia. Therefore, the Agency has established and is continually developing appropriate mechanisms for prevention, anticipation, early warning and risks estimation. It informs the state authorities of the Republic of Macedonia about the processes that generate threats for the national security and for the permanent and vital principles in order to establish stable secure environment and sustainable long-term development. The Intelligence Agency represents one of the basic pillars of the intelligence and security system of the Republic of Macedonia. It has been constituted upon the intelligence concept as a long-term strategic process for national interests and priorities protection and in accordance with the modern standards for prevention and current security threats and risks management. The Intelligence Agency is continuously aiming towards enlargement of its capacities in those environments where there are risks for the vital and permanent national interests and is building strategic partnerships that are relevant for the state and represent support of the international security policies. The dynamics of the processes and the joint dependence of the states in the region and in broader surrounding compulsory impose the need for cooperation of the intelligence services on both bilateral and multilateral level.

Civil control over the Agency

The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia oversees the work of the Agency through a corresponding commission. The Commission submits a report to the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia about the activity performed once a year at the most. Prior to submitting the report the Commission is obliged to communicate the same to the Director of the Agency.[2]

Organizational structure

Directors

#PortraitNameMandate commenced onMandate finished onPolitical Party
1991-1995 see State Security Administration
1Vlado Popovski1995?SDSM
2Aleksa Stamenkovski??SDSM
3Dragi Grozdanovski20002002VMRO-DPMNE
4Dosta Dimovska20022003VMRO-DPMNE
5Dragi Grozdanovski
2nd term		20032004VMRO-DPMNE
6Lazar Kitanovski20042006SDSM
7Kire Naumov20062007SDSM
8Viktor Dimovski20072009VMRO-DPMNE
9Aleksandar Bocinov20092013VMRO-DPMNE
10Nakje Chulev20132017Unaffiliated
11Zoran Ivanov2017incumbentUnaffiliated

See also


Reference list

  1. ↑ http://ia.gov.mk/pdf/Agencija_za_razuznavanje.pdf
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
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