Editing Republican Guard (France) (section)

== Missions ==

=== Ceremonial duties ===
[[File:Secretary Kerry and French Foreign Minister Ayrault Leave the Quai d'Orsay (31605675235).jpg|thumb|right|[[John Kerry]] and [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]] leaving the [[Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], surrounded by the Republican Guard]]
These ceremonial functions are performed mainly by the first infantry regiment, the cavalry regiment and occasionally by the second infantry regiment.

Detachments from the cavalry regiment reinforce the two infantry regiments in carrying out ceremonial and security duties in and around state buildings. These include the lining of both sides of the entry stairs of the Elysée or Matignon Palaces (and other buildings) by dismounted cavalry on special occasions. These Republican Guards belong to the Cavalry Regiment and not to the infantry units whose mission is to ensure the security of these palaces and of senior government figures. Certain ceremonial duties in the form of honour guards are performed during state visits to the Paris museums or the Opera, as well as during other ceremonies (for example at the French Academy).<ref>Citizens could even hire Republican Guards for private fashionable evenings but this option was terminated by President Giscard d'Estaing in the mid 1970s.</ref>

=== Security missions ===
Although the ceremonial duties attract more public attention, more than 80% of the missions assigned to the Garde are security missions. These include missions performed for the state such as protection of state buildings but also missions performed for the benefit of the population (for example patrols in the parks and streets).
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OCT-GR1.jpg|Guard counter-snipers (''tireurs d'élite Gendarmerie'' or TEG)
File:Garde républicaine Louvre 2007 07 17.jpg|Mounted guards in service dress patrolling near the [[Louvre]]
Demontration Escort Nov 2013.jpg|Escorting a rider demonstration in Paris
PIGR2 AVRIL 2015.jpg|Guard intervention team (''peloton d'intervention'')
</gallery>

=== Other missions ===
[[File:EMGR Domenjod4 08-05-2018.jpg|thumb|Presidential escort, 8 May 2018]]
Some guards are assigned to more specific missions:
* Security of [[diplomatic bag]]s entering and leaving the [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]] and the airports.
* Safety of sport events such as the [[Tour de France]] cyclist race by the motorcycle squadron.
* Reinforcement and support to the [[Departmental Gendarmerie]]
* Assistance and coopereration in foreign countries and especially in former French colonies.