General Directorate of Border Guard

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General Directorate of Border Guard المديرية العامة لحرس الحدود السعودية
Agency overview
Formed	14 June 1913; 111 years ago (1913-06-14) (as Coast Guard Authority)
Preceding agency	Coast Guard Authority
Employees	33,000 (2007)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Saudi Arabia
Specialist jurisdictions	National border patrol, security, and integrity. Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Ministry of Interior, Olaya, Riyadh, KSA.
Elected officer responsible	Abdulaziz bin Saud, Minister of Interior
Website
www.fg.gov.sa/en

The General Directorate of Border Guard (Arabic: المديرية العامة لحرس الحدود السعودية) is a Saudi agency responsible for guarding land and sea borders of the Kingdom.^[2] Awwad Eid Al-Aradi Al-Balawi is the Directorate general of Saudi Arabian Border Guards.^[3]