# National Guard

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[[File:Petro Poroshenko in Portugal 02.jpg|thumb|Members of the [Portuguese National Republican Guard](/source/National_Republican_Guard_(Portugal)) (GNR).]]

'''National guard''' is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original [National Guard](/source/National_Guard_(France)) was formed during the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution) around a cadre of defectors from the [French Guards](/source/Gardes_Fran%C3%A7aises).

'''National Guard''' may refer to:

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== Africa ==
* [National Guard (Mauritania)](/source/National_Guard_(Mauritania))
* [Tunisian National Guard](/source/Tunisian_National_Guard), a separate military force of Tunisia

== Americas ==
* [National Guard (Brazil)](/source/National_Guard_(Brazil)) (1831–1918), a paramilitary militia created to support the Brazilian Army
* [National Guard (El Salvador)](/source/National_Guard_(El_Salvador)) (1912–1992), the Salvadoran gendarmerie
* [National Guard (Mexico)](/source/National_Guard_(Mexico)), a gendarmerie created in 2019.
* [National Guard (Nicaragua)](/source/National_Guard_(Nicaragua)) (1925–1979), a militia and gendarmerie created during the occupation by the United States
* [National Guard (United States)](/source/National_Guard_(United_States)), military reserves organized by each of the 50 U.S. states, territories, [D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) and administered by the [National Guard Bureau](/source/National_Guard_Bureau);
** [Army National Guard](/source/Army_National_Guard), a reserve force of the United States Army which functions as the ground component of the state-level militia while not in federal service
** [Air National Guard](/source/Air_National_Guard), a reserve force of the United States Air Force which functions as the air component of the state-level militia while not in federal service
* [National Guard (of Panama)](/source/Panama_Defense_Forces) (1946–1990) ({{lang|es|Guardia Nacional}}), were the armed forces of the Republic of Panama. Later re-organized as the Panama Defense Forces.
* [Venezuelan National Guard](/source/Venezuelan_National_Guard) ({{lang|es|Guardia Nacional de Venezuela}}), the [gendarmerie](/source/gendarmerie) component of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela

== Asia ==
* [National Guard (Bahrain)](/source/National_Guard_(Bahrain)), a separate military force in Bahrain that serves both as defence force and as a security force
* [National Guard (Iraq)](/source/National_Guard_(Iraq)), part of the new Military of Iraq absorbed by the Iraqi Army
* [National Guard of Israel](/source/National_Guard_of_Israel)
* [National Guard of Kazakhstan](/source/National_Guard_of_Kazakhstan)
* [National Guard (Kyrgyzstan)](/source/National_Guard_(Kyrgyzstan)), one of the branches of the [Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan](/source/Armed_Forces_of_the_Republic_of_Kyrgyzstan)
* [National Security Guard](/source/National_Security_Guard), India
* [Pakistan National Guard](/source/National_Guard_(Pakistan))
* [Kuwait National Guard](/source/Kuwait_National_Guard), an internal and border security force, part of Kuwait Military Forces
* [National Guard (Pakistan)](/source/National_Guard_(Pakistan)), a paramilitary force mainly charged with border patrols and air defences
* [Saudi Arabian National Guard](/source/Saudi_Arabian_National_Guard), one of the three major branches of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
* [Sri Lanka National Guard](/source/Sri_Lanka_National_Guard), the largest regiment in the Sri Lanka Army
* [National Guard (Suwayda)](/source/National_Guard_(Suwayda)), a local alliance in Syria
* [National Guard of the Ba'ath Party](/source/National_Guard_of_the_Ba'ath_Party), former Ba'athist militia in Syria
* [Presidential National Guard](/source/Presidential_National_Guard), a special operations branch of the [Tajik Armed Forces](/source/Military_of_Tajikistan)
* [Turkmen National Guard](/source/Turkmen_National_Guard)
* [Uzbekistan National Guard](/source/Uzbekistan_National_Guard)

== Europe ==
* [Azerbaijani National Guard](/source/Azerbaijani_National_Guard), an armed force of the Government of Azerbaijan, and operates as a semi-independent entity
* [National Guards Unit of Bulgaria](/source/National_Guards_Unit_of_Bulgaria), successor of the Personal Cavalry Convoy of Knyaz Alexander I, re-established in 2001
* [Cypriot National Guard](/source/Cypriot_National_Guard), combined arms military force of the Republic of Cyprus
* [Home Guard (Denmark)](/source/Home_Guard_(Denmark)), volunteer defense force from after Danish resistance groups from second world war, split into army, air and navy guards.  
* [Estonian Defence League](/source/Estonian_Defence_League), unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia
* [White Guard (Finland)](/source/White_Guard_(Finland)) (1918–1944), voluntary militia of the "[Whites](/source/Whites_(Finland))", who opposed the "[Reds](/source/Finnish_Socialist_Workers'_Republic)" in the Finnish Civil War of 1918
* [National Guard (France)](/source/National_Guard_(France)), militias formed in each city from the time of the French Revolution to the Paris Commune, re-established after several terrorist attacks in 2016
* [National Guard of Georgia](/source/National_Guard_of_Georgia), a military structure within the Georgian Armed Forces
* [National Guard (Greece)](/source/National_Guard_(Greece)), a military structure within the [Hellenic Army](/source/Hellenic_Army)
* [National Guard (Ireland)](/source/National_Guard_(Ireland)), better known as the Blueshirts, a 1930s political movement in Ireland
* [National Republican Guard (Italy)](/source/National_Republican_Guard_(Italy)), (1943–1945), a paramilitary force of the Italian Social Republic
* [Latvian National Guard](/source/Latvian_National_Guard), a volunteer paramilitary armed force, part of National Armed Forces of Latvia
* [National Republican Guard (Portugal)](/source/National_Republican_Guard_(Portugal)), the gendarmerie of Portugal
* [National Guard of Russia](/source/National_Guard_of_Russia), gendarmerie force of Russia, formed in 2016
* [National Militia (Spain)](/source/National_Militia_(Spain)), 19th century quasi-military force 
* [National Guard of Ukraine](/source/National_Guard_of_Ukraine), formed 1991–2000 and 2014–current

===United Kingdom===
* [Fencibles](/source/Fencibles), c. 1759 – c.1802
* [Home Guard (United Kingdom)](/source/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom)), 1940–1944
* [GHQ Auxiliary Units](/source/Auxiliary_Units), 1940–1944
* [Home Service Force](/source/Home_Service_Force), 1982–1993

==See also==
*[Internal troops](/source/Internal_troops)
*[Presidential Guard (disambiguation)](/source/Presidential_Guard_(disambiguation))
*[Republican guard](/source/Republican_guard)
*[Military reserve force](/source/Military_reserve_force)
*[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)](/source/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom))

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Category:Types of military forces
Category:Gendarmerie

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