The Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa, will participate today, 5 November, at10.30, in the ceremony for the handover/takeover of command at the SpecialProtection and Intervention Detachment command.Colonel Petre Maruntu will take over the command of the detachment from BrigadierGeneral Emil Olaru.x x xThe Special Protection and Intervention Detachment was established on 1stSeptember 1998 under the name Guard and Protection Detachment.In 2008, a presidential decree assigned the unit its combat colors and was awardedEmblema de onoare a informatiilor pentru aparare [Honorary Emblem of DefenceIntelligence], as a token of recognition of merits and special efforts made along theyears in accomplishing the assigned tasks and missions.

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