Presidential Security Service or PSS is a title which exists in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea.

Russian Federation

The Russian PSS is the agency charged with the protection of the President of Russia and the Kremlin. It may be decended directly from the Kremlin Guard Force of the KGB. It is directly responsible for and to the President of Russia, it has at times been merged with and separated from the Russian Federal Protective Service or FPS. Like the United States Secret Service, the PSS contains both uniformed and plainclothes personnel. Like the FPS service in the PSS is equal to military service.

Republic of Korea or South Korea

The South Korean PSS is responsible for the protection of the President of South Korea and the Blue House. It has always been an independent agency and was based on the United States Secret Service.

See Also

• Praetorian Guard
• Republican Guard