page_title: National Republican Guard (Portugal)
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: National Republican Guard (Portugal) / Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: Lusitano horses of National Republican Guard (Portugal) at Praia da Saúde (in English, Beach of Health) Costa da Caparica, next to Almada, 15 kilometers of the Lisbon city (Thursday, July 12, 2012, 7:14 p.m.).Português: Cavalos Lusitanos da Guarda Nacional Republicana (G.N.R.) patrulha da Costa da Caparica na Praia da Saúde, perto de Almada, e a 15 quilómetros de Lisboa, Portugal (Quinta-feira 12 de Julho, 2012, 19:14).
context_page_description: The National Republican Guard or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal.
  Members of the GNR are military personnel, subject to military law and organisation, unlike the agents of the civilian Public Security Police.
  The GNR is responsible for the preventive police and highway patrol in 94% of Portuguese territory. At national level, GNR also has duties of customs enforcement, coastal control, nature protection, search and rescue operations and state ceremonial guards of honor.
  Since the 2000s, the GNR has provided detachments for participation in international operations in Iraq, East Timor and other theatres.
context_section_description: The National Republican Guard is in peacetime subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Administration for recruitment, administration, discipline and operational control and is also subordinate to the Ministry of National Defence for "uniformisation and normalisation" of military doctrine, armament and equipment. In wartime or situations of crisis, the GNR can be placed under the operational control of the Armed Forces General Staff.
  Until 2007, the GNR maintained a traditional organization, whose bases still followed the organizational structure established in the early 20th century. This organization included: territorial units (four territorial brigades, that were designated "battalions" until 1993), special units (the Fiscal and the Traffic Brigades) and reserve units (the Cavalry and the Infantry regiments). The old organization also included a central structure that reflected the command of a military field division, including a military-type staff.
  In 2006, the multinational consulting company Accenture made a study, requested by the Government of Portugal, that recommended the change of the organization of the Portuguese security forces, including a radical reorganization of the GNR.
  Most of the recommendations regarding GNR were accepted and, in accordance with the Law No. 63/2007 (new Organic Law of the GNR), its traditional structure was replaced by a new and considerably different one, that was implemented in early 2009.
  The GNR is commanded by a general officer, with the title of Commandant-General (Comandante-Geral).
  The National Republican Guard now includes the following:
caption: GNR cavalry patrol with horses, at Praia da Saúde (in English, Beach of Health) Costa da Caparica, next to Almada, and 15 kilometers of the Lisbon city in Portugal.
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