Office of State Protection

Office of State Protection
Urząd Ochrony Państwa
UOP
Agency overview
Formed1990
Preceding agency
Dissolved2002
Superseding agencies
JurisdictionPoland
HeadquartersWarsaw
Agency executive
  • Andrzej Barcikowski
Parent agencyMinistry of Interior

The Office of State Protection (Polish: Urząd Ochrony Państwa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈuʐɔnt ɔˈxrɔnɨ ˈpaɲstfa], UOP)) was the intelligence agency of Poland from 1990 to 2002, when it was split into two new agencies.

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