Lions (police unit)

Unit for Rapid Intervention "Lions"
Единица за брза интервенција "Лавови"
Agency overview
Formed2001
Dissolved2003
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyRepublic of Macedonia
Operations jurisdictionRepublic of Macedonia
Governing bodyRepublic of Macedonia
Operational structure
Overseen byMinistry of Internal Affairs
HeadquartersSkopje
Elected minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Goran Stojkov, general

The Lions was a special police unit for fast interventions formed by the Macedonian interior minister Ljube Boškoski in 2001.[1] It was dissolved in 2003.

  1. ^ "Не сум наредил распуштање на „Лавовите"". Radio Free Europe (in Macedonian). 8 November 2002.