Editing Office of State Protection (section)

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{{Infobox government agency
| name                 = Office of State Protection
| native_name          = Urząd Ochrony Państwa
| native_name_a        = UOP
| native_name_r        = 
| type                 = 
| logo                 = 
| logo_width           = 100px
| logo_caption         = 
| image                = 
| image_size           = 
| image_caption        = 
| formed               = 1990 <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} OR  -->
| preceding1           = [[Służba Bezpieczeństwa]]
| dissolved            = 2002 
| superseding1         = [[Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego]]
| superseding2         = [[Agencja Wywiadu]]<!-- up to |superseding6= -->
| jurisdiction         = [[Poland]]
| headquarters         = [[Warsaw]]
| coordinates          = <!-- {{coord|LATITUDE|LONGITUDE|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} -->
| motto                = 
| employees            = 
| budget               = 
| chief1_name          = Andrzej Barcikowski
| chief1_position      = 
| deputy               = 
| parent_department    = 
| parent_agency        = [[Ministry of Interior (Poland)|Ministry of Interior]]
| child1_agency        = 
| child2_agency        = <!-- up to |child25_agency= -->
| website              = 
}}
The '''Office of State Protection''' ([[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Urząd Ochrony Państwa'' ({{IPA|pl|ˈuʐɔnt ɔˈxrɔnɨ ˈpaɲstfa}}, UOP)<ref>[http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/WydBAS.nsf/0/17C98969A5C511EDC125767F003357C3/$file/S%C5%81OWNIK%20PROCEDUR%20PARLAMENTARNYCH.pdf ''Słownik procedur parlamentarnych''], Kancelaria Sejmu, {{ISBN|83-909381-0-3}}, p. 401</ref>) was the [[intelligence agency]] of [[Poland]] from 1990 to 2002, when it was split into two new agencies.