In a statement, the Minister of Internal Administration accepted the names proposed by the new general commander of the Republican National Guard and the new director of the Public Security Police for the leadership of these two security forces.

The top structure of the PSP now includes Paula Peneda as deputy national director of human resources, Paulo Lucas as deputy national director of operations and security, Bastos Leitão as deputy national director of logistics and finance and Paulo Pereira as national inspector.

Paula Penedo has been commander of the Porto Metropolitan Command of the PSP since 2020, Paulo Lucas, who is the current commander of the Special Police Unit, returns to the national direction of the Public Security Police 11 years after leaving, Paulo Pereira is currently commander of the Command Metropolitan of Lisbon of PSP and Bastos Leitão has been director of the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security since 2019.

The new general commander of the GNR, Rui Veloso, the first officer from the Guard to command the institution, and the new director of the PSP, José Barros Correia, took office last Monday.