Military Service for Security and Intelligence

Military Service for Security and Intelligence of the Macedonia is an intelligence office within the Ministry of Defence of Macedonia.^[2]

Mission

Planning, analyzing, processing and dissemination of intelligence data in order to protect the territorial integrity, independence and the broader interests of the Republic of Macedonia in accordance with the Constitution, Law on defence and the national security and defence concept of the Republic of Macedonia

Planning, analyzing, processing and dissemination of intelligence data required to participate in peace support and NATO-led conflict prevention operations

Intelligence support of humanitarian operations and peace support operations in dealing with natural disasters and humanitarian crises

Tasks

Military intelligence

Plans, organizes and conducts intelligence support required for the decision making process of the GS of ARM during ARM participation in various operations in Macedonia and abroad;

Manages Intelligence data to suit the needs of the GS of ARM in preparation, plans and executes various operations;

Plans, coordinates and synchronizes intelligence operations in subordinate commands and units;

Plans, organizes and conducts Intelligence preparation of the battle field (IPB) for military and operations other than war in Macedonia and abroad.

Counter intelligence

Plans, organizes and implements CI measures in ARM;

Detects hostile intelligence capacities for data collection;

Recognizes hostile intelligence capabilities to interfere in hostile influence;

Provides CI operations for force protection.

Security

Recognizes critical physical security points

Coordinates and conducts security examination and control

Staff planning

Plans and decision making process support

Supports the planning process and maintains functional connections with MSSI(Military Sector for Security and Intelligence) in order to provide relevant intelligence data and analysis

Supports the duties and responsibilities in the GS scope of work aimed at supporting the mission

Responsible for planning and execution of intelligence exercises security

Trains subordinates

Organisation

Directors

#	Portrait	Name	Mandate commenced on	Mandate finished on	Political Party
1		Aleksandar Bocinov[3]	?	?
2		Sasho Mijalkov[4][5]	?	?	VMRO-DPMNE
3		Milisav Tashtanovski[6][7]	?	?
4		Vladimir Pivovarov[8]	2002	2004
5		Col Risto Gjorgjiev[9][10]	2004	2006
6		Dr Ferdinand Odzakov[11][12]	2007	2012
7		Vančo Šontevski	2012	present

See also

• Macedonia
• Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (Police Agency)
• Intelligence Agency (Civilian Agency)
• Special Forces Battalion
• The Rangers Battalion
• Ceremonial Guard Battalion
• Macedonian Air Force

Reference list

External links

• MSSI