Two bodyguards, protecting the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during Hannover Fair 2007

Bodyguards of Viktor Yushchenko (far left) after leaving Gdansk city hall.

A bodyguard is a security guard who physically protects a person against injury. Very often, important people, like heads of state, religious leaders (i.e. the Pope), actors, and powerful or rich people have bodyguards.

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